Western Washington began its Friday with an orange glow of a sunrise and finished the day in a similar fashion with another colorful sunset.
Particulate matter in the atmosphere is able to bend the sun's white light into an array of colors, and the results are spectacular shades of persimmon and pumpkin here in early September.We are still surrounded by several blazes here in the Pacific Northwest , but compared to recent summers, the smoke isn't too terrible, and most of it is safely aloft.
Air quality slipped mainly into the "moderate" category near the metro area, although some sensors near the Cascade foothills were leaning into the "unhealthy for sensitive groups" range on Friday afternoon. Wildfire smoke was a much bigger issue closer to the Oregon state line, as smoke from the Williams Mine Fire drifted over the Columbia River and into Portland.
Our air quality will improve greatly this weekend as cleaner, cooler onshore flow returns from the Pacific, pushing the heat out and refreshing air in.
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