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Started by bing101, September 08, 2022, 10:21:14 AM

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Road Hog

#450
August 07, 2025, 08:24:20 AM  
Some of the Canadian smoke has made it as far as Texas according to meteorologists, but it must be aloft because I couldn't tell.

Rothman

#451
August 07, 2025, 09:11:41 AM  
As my son, an amateur pilot, quipped, "The winds have never been so calm in upstate NY."  Smoke is actually worse here today than yesterday.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

vdeane

#452
August 07, 2025, 12:50:20 PM  
Quote from: Rothman on August 07, 2025, 09:11:41 AMAs my son, an amateur pilot, quipped, "The winds have never been so calm in upstate NY."  Smoke is actually worse here today than yesterday.
*checks Lake Ontario wave forecast*

"Waves 1 Foot Or Less." (and not just today - every day)

Wow.  That's practically unheard of for the middle of the day.

It odd how we're still smoked out when they were previously saying it should be gone by now.  It feels like August 2025 is going to be the second coming of June 2023.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.

bing101

#453
August 07, 2025, 08:15:14 PM  
This time in the La Area

bing101

#454
August 11, 2025, 11:10:10 AM  

bing101

#455
August 23, 2025, 10:46:32 PM  

bing101

#456
August 24, 2025, 07:48:59 PM  


Here is the current fallout from Northern California's largest wildfire for the year. 

JayhawkCO

#457
August 25, 2025, 05:50:41 PM  
A fire has closed down one of the mountains I was considering climbing this weekend. Looks like I'll have to pivot (looking at Mt. Yale now).

Rothman

#458
August 25, 2025, 06:17:45 PM  
Quote from: JayhawkCO on August 25, 2025, 05:50:41 PMA fire has closed down one of the mountains I was considering climbing this weekend. Looks like I'll have to pivot (looking at Mt. Yale now).

Heh.  I've been up nearby Emma Burr.

Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

kphoger

#459
August 25, 2025, 07:52:06 PM  
Quote from: Rothman on August 25, 2025, 06:17:45 PMHeh.  I've been up nearby Emma Burr.

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He Is Already Here! Let's Go, Flamingo!
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Male pronouns, please.

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gonealookin

#460
August 28, 2025, 01:59:51 PM  
The "Garnet Fire" is a fairly big one burning between Fresno and Kings Canyon National Park.  The smoke from that one has been moving into my area, a couple hundred miles to the north, over the last couple hours.

We've done well with smoke-free skies to this point this year, but now we're heading into the September peak fire season so luck may be running out.

Max Rockatansky

#461
August 28, 2025, 02:04:48 PM   Last Edit: August 28, 2025, 02:06:50 PM by Max Rockatansky
Funny how that works with the smoke.  I'm 50 miles west of the Garnet Fire and have yet to see any smoke.  Good thing I knocked driving Big Creek Road in Sierra National Forest earlier this year though.  I suspect given the remote nature of the terrain that fire crews will use Blackrock Road as a fire break and let it burn up to the Wishon Reservoir.

Edit:  Never mind on Blackrock, the fire already crossed it.

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/8/24/garnet-fire

bing101

#462
August 30, 2025, 06:13:22 PM  

gonealookin

#463
September 02, 2025, 10:28:09 PM  
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 28, 2025, 02:04:48 PMFunny how that works with the smoke.  I'm 50 miles west of the Garnet Fire and have yet to see any smoke.

Hopefully Fresno has stayed fairly clear.  This afternoon our air got pretty bad for a while with the AQI numbers in the 150 range (smell quite strong at that level), with the Garnet Fire apparently the source.  Fortunately the same weather setup that pushed all that smoke at us brought a fair amount of rain up the Sierra a few hours later, which seems to have washed the air clean for now at least.

Max Rockatansky

#464
September 02, 2025, 11:06:44 PM  
Quote from: gonealookin on September 02, 2025, 10:28:09 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 28, 2025, 02:04:48 PMFunny how that works with the smoke.  I'm 50 miles west of the Garnet Fire and have yet to see any smoke.

Hopefully Fresno has stayed fairly clear.  This afternoon our air got pretty bad for a while with the AQI numbers in the 150 range (smell quite strong at that level), with the Garnet Fire apparently the source.  Fortunately the same weather setup that pushed all that smoke at us brought a fair amount of rain up the Sierra a few hours later, which seems to have washed the air clean for now at least.

It hasn't been too bad.  Much of the prevailing wind is pushing the smoke up the San Joaquin River Gorge.  Certainly goes a long way to explain why the fire never jumped the Kings River.  The AQI apparently is 100 right now but that isn't too outside the norm coming off the heat of the day. 

I took some pictures of the Garnet Fire yesterday at sunrise.  I'll download them when we get back from Avalon on Friday.

bing101

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Today at 01:32:35 AM  

Max Rockatansky

#466
Today at 10:30:20 AM   Last Edit: Today at 10:34:46 AM by Max Rockatansky
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