***Official 2023 Weather Thread***
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Des Moines finally hit the unhealthy mark. Last night at 10 they showed the metro in the yellow "moderate" category today. Another epic fail by the weather people.
I’m sure they’re taking applications if you’re interested.
I'm not interested but thanks for letting me know they are hiring.
Yo Canada,
Remember this?
www.nytimes.com
You complained about our effects on your environmental quality, how about the reverse? Now the complaint is that the reduction of acid rain is bad for food production because crops aren't getting enough Sulfur so they have to add it into fertilizer and herbicide applications.
Remember this?
CANADIAN DEFENDS ACID RAIN REPORT (Published 1986)
You complained about our effects on your environmental quality, how about the reverse? Now the complaint is that the reduction of acid rain is bad for food production because crops aren't getting enough Sulfur so they have to add it into fertilizer and herbicide applications.
I don't think anyone was predicting air quality to dramatically improve today.
No, but they said it would go from "unhealthy for sensitive people" to "moderate", instead it went the opposite way to "unhelathy".
It's not just us.
www.bloomberg.com
Canada Wildfire Smoke Crossed the Atlantic to Cover Parts of Europe
Smoke from wildfires in Canada has traveled over 2,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean to cover the skies above parts of western Europe.
www.bloomberg.com
It seems like the weather is creating a dome/cap around central Iowa and trapping the smoke. I remember a few years ago that the weather conditions trapped some hog manure smell over the Des Moines area.
It was already in the red-colored unhealthy category last night at 10.
Also, remember that those are very generalized AQI forecasts for the whole next day. It's not even 9am yet.
And "they" is pretty broad.
Was worried about the air in “Chicago” where my sister lives yesterday.
Then late yesterday afternoon you could see the haze in southern Iowa. One of the neighbors decided with visible smoke in the air it was a good time to burn some fresh cut branches in her fire ring.
Just letting the dog out this morning, I needed my inhaler. We never get rain any more but was kind of hoping if people north of us did, it might help. Sounds like that is a no.
Dog will be mad but not walking him until it improves. I’m going to try an N94 next time I have to open the door to let him out. Still have airnow.gov bookmarked since son on the east coast was at 370 in the extremely hazardous category.
Then late yesterday afternoon you could see the haze in southern Iowa. One of the neighbors decided with visible smoke in the air it was a good time to burn some fresh cut branches in her fire ring.
Just letting the dog out this morning, I needed my inhaler. We never get rain any more but was kind of hoping if people north of us did, it might help. Sounds like that is a no.
Dog will be mad but not walking him until it improves. I’m going to try an N94 next time I have to open the door to let him out. Still have airnow.gov bookmarked since son on the east coast was at 370 in the extremely hazardous category.
There was also that first year of fireworks being legal and turned the metro into a hellscape for about 3 days. If this stuff doesn't move out before next week, it's going to awful.
Yeah, i understand that. Just gets frustrating when I base outdoor activities off their forecast and they've been completely wrong twice in the last 4 days now, either about heavy rain or smoke.
Yeah, this **** is getting old, you sit around indoors for 8 months because it's too cold then when it's suppose to be nice we have air quality warnings since early May.
Yeah, the forecast I saw said just as bad early today and gradually improving all day.
The smoke is also irritating my eyes quite a bit this morning. Thanks a lot Canada.
I have to be outside in this **** and have sensitivity issues is why I'm getting frustrated.
