California wildfires bring haze to region. By Chelsi Moy of the Missoulian
It looked like this might be the first summer in quite a while that Idaho, Utah, and Montana skies would not be filled with forest fire smoke, then an unusual lightning storm hit California setting hundreds of fires; most still burning.
One day it will be clear then pretty hazy as the winds shift and pump the smoke into one or more of these states.
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Related story. Monsoonal moisture dampens Arizona’s fire season. By John Faherty. The Arizona Republic. Arizona’s fire season is generally early — April through June. Then in most years heavy flow of moisture from the south reduces or ends the fires. It is happening this year.
Comments
Since I work outside and treasure my views, I’ve been disappointed to see so much smoke already, especially when it’s been a cool, wet year so far in this area. I guess I should be used to it by now, after all the wildfires over the past 15 years. Here’s a website for anyone who wonders where all the smoke’s coming from.
http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
Thanks Eve.
This looks like a very useful web site for those of us who love the outdoors.
The map works well from my perspective. It shows no smoke over SE Idaho today. As I look outside, the sky is bright blue and I can see a long way.
Nice to hear that things are normal in the Northern Rockies so far this year. I should be out in early August near Big Timber(Gallatin NF), then moving up to Glacier, then back to Yellowstone.