Friday, August 21, 2020

Friday, August 21, 2020: Continued Poor Statewide Air Quality

Several large scale smoke plumes continue to create air quality impacts statewide, and this pattern is likely to thru the weekend. More moisture from the southwest will push into CA from south to north this weekend, bring potential for improved dispersion, but also potential for more lightning. Here is the latest National Weather Service (HRRR) smoke model projection that shows the potential impacts:

Northern California:

Southern California:


You can track current air quality on the Fire and Smoke Map at fire.airnow.gov.

6 comments:

  1. I've commented about this in previous years--could you please figure out how to move the banner/legend out of the map extents? They are blocking the views in extreme northern California and in the Fresno area.

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  2. YES! Please move the banner!

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  3. do different colors mean different temperatures?

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  4. Amen. I'm not even sure that the two maps are adjacent. Where's San Jose?

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  5. Hello, can you include a map of Central California?That has Merced and Stanislaus Country.

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  6. Could you please include the link where these forecasts are from? I cannot seem to find them online.

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