![]() I'm in the lea hill area (475ft, east auburn) and we saw our AQI decline rapidly exactly in the time the local forecasts were saying we should be seeing improvements. Low elevation winds are still from the south thanks to the storm. It looked fairly certain/clear to me that the winds would create more smoke, not less, even if the upper layer blows off due to high elevation winds. I noticed this yesterday morning by watching the NAM and GFS models for the low pressure system off the coast. It seems like that's a big contributing factor in the amount of smoke we'll have the rest of this week and doesn't seem to be talked about. I understand the talk about solar radiation, but what about the low pressure system off the coast that's drawing south winds from the smoke areas right into the puget sound area? In the meantime, all I can do is sit inside and watch the world outside my windows wither and die.īut hey, on a positive note, at least the air is no longer p!$$-yellow! And on another positive note, at lease this suffocating death cloud isn’t radioactive! Reply Delete It will be really interesting to survey and document the damage done by all this once the smoke has cleared and our atmosphere goes back to relative climatological normal. Same with my beans, which ordinarily would keep producing into November, but despite a new flush of blossoms, the leaves are now looking quite dead. My summer squash seems to be handling this alright, it’s sending out a ton more blooms, though I’m afraid that might be a desperate dying gasp, as many of the large leaves have suddenly wilted away. My tomatoes, instead of ripening, have turned a ghastly reddish grey/white, and the plants themselves are dying. My corn stopped taking up water, and though it was basically time to harvest anyway, the stalks have suddenly shriveled and turned brown. In just 4 days, everything has pretty much self-terminated. ![]() The toll this has taken on my garden is, well, tragic. Starting Thursday going through yesterday (Sunday), here’s a comparative of previously forecast highs -vs.- our actual “nuclear winter” reality, - (and the disparity therein.) This is for down here in PDX metro (actual temps are from my station in Milwaukie) It’s hard to tell what’s fog and what’s smoke anymore, and sadly this has become a self-reinforcing cycle.Īs a result, surface temperatures have been tanking for the last 4-5 days. ![]() However, the smoke overhead is also absorbing the radiated heat at night, so surface temperatures keep cooling overnight, limited only by the dewpoint in a completely saturated atmosphere, hence the persistent fog. By that same token, water vapor doesn’t absorb infrared anywhere near as efficiently as smoke does, which is why a layer of clouds, even a thin one, can trap in radiational cooling overnight and keep the surface temperature up. Smoke absorbs infrared light, so even though we’ve basically been under clear skies all week/weekend long, the solar energy is being sucked up by the smoke layer overhead and largely never reaches the surface, as Dr. Truly, this is analogous to a “nuclear winter” type scenario. ![]() ![]() And don't forget to mask up, friends.This entire nightmare has been unprecedented in myriad ways, but the most fascinating aspect to me is just how much this smoke has suppressed our surface temperatures. Whether that's a classic salt and pepper, a visual innuendo, or a Stranger Things Mike and Eleven (with Eggos, of course), we've got your costume-less back with the 44 best costumes for couples this year. Thankfully, you still have a bit of time, and there are plenty of online party suppliers that make things cheap and simple. This year brings some more opportunities to get together in true Halloween spirit, and whether you plan on spending the night with your partner at home with a scary movie, a smaller gathering with your close pals, or an outdoor get-together complete with a costume competition, there's no doubt that there's an option for you and your boo (no pun intended) to sport throughout the night. can’t hit the streets with a solid couple’s costume. Thankfully, for one night of 2021 (and hopefully for weeks afterward) we can wear a mask or cloth over our vaccinated faces that’s actually fun and doesn’t remind us of the pandemic or quarantine.Īnd while full-blown holiday parties may still be TBD for 2021 (especially with the Delta variant)-and door-to-door trick or treating observed like a hostage exchange-there’s no reason you and your S.O. Our costume: overworked attending surgeon. In a sense, we’ve been dressing up for the last year and then some now. ![]()
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