Smoke at Ephrata, WA

[Thomas Dixon]

Is it really as smokey at EPH as showing on the webcams?
Boise, ID

[3j]

At 19:27 07 September 2020, Thomas Dixon wrote:
>Is it really as smokey at EPH as showing on the webcams?
>Boise, ID
>
There is a major fire from Omak through Mansfield.

[3j]

At 19:27 07 September 2020, Thomas Dixon wrote:
>Is it really as smokey at EPH as showing on the webcams?
>Boise, ID
>
There is a major fire from Omak through Mansfield.

[Eric Greenwell[_4_]]

Thomas Dixon wrote on 9/7/2020 12:27 PM:
> Is it really as smokey at EPH as showing on the webcams?
> Boise, ID
>
Smokey? That's not smokey (at least not as much as it was)! THIS is smokey! Click
on the Richland label...

http://www.mirage-eng.net/Cameras.aspx

It's up a hill, about 8 miles south of RLD, looking north, which is usually a
panoramic view.

Or look at the Prosser airport webcam:

https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/aviation/WebCam/Prosser.htm

A huge area of smoke engulfed us about 3 hours ago, all from the Omak area fires.
The wind has shifted from N to NE, so I think it will clear out soon.

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[Thomas Dixon]

On Monday, September 7, 2020 at 2:32:32 PM UTC-6, Eric Greenwell wrote:
> Thomas Dixon wrote on 9/7/2020 12:27 PM:
> > Is it really as smokey at EPH as showing on the webcams?
> > Boise, ID
> >
> Smokey? That's not smokey (at least not as much as it was)! THIS is smokey! Click
> on the Richland label...
>
> http://www.mirage-eng.net/Cameras.aspx
>
> It's up a hill, about 8 miles south of RLD, looking north, which is usually a
> panoramic view.
>
> Or look at the Prosser airport webcam:
>
> https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/aviation/WebCam/Prosser.htm
>
> A huge area of smoke engulfed us about 3 hours ago, all from the Omak area fires.
> The wind has shifted from N to NE, so I think it will clear out soon.
>
> --
> Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
> - "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
> https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications/download-the-guide-1
ERIC, You did not see the webcam at about 10:00 am today. One could not see past the car in the office building, just barely could make out the fuel tank and looking north could not make anything out past the car in the office paking lot it was all brown on the picture. No trailers, not club house, no noththing. The winds have helped move some of it out.
Take care.
Tom

[Eric Greenwell[_4_]]

Thomas Dixon wrote on 9/7/2020 2:56 PM:
> On Monday, September 7, 2020 at 2:32:32 PM UTC-6, Eric Greenwell wrote:
>> Thomas Dixon wrote on 9/7/2020 12:27 PM:
>>> Is it really as smokey at EPH as showing on the webcams?
>>> Boise, ID
>>>
>> Smokey? That's not smokey (at least not as much as it was)! THIS is smokey! Click
>> on the Richland label...
>>
>> http://www.mirage-eng.net/Cameras.aspx
>>
>> It's up a hill, about 8 miles south of RLD, looking north, which is usually a
>> panoramic view.
>>
>> Or look at the Prosser airport webcam:
>>
>> https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/aviation/WebCam/Prosser.htm
>>
>> A huge area of smoke engulfed us about 3 hours ago, all from the Omak area fires.
>> The wind has shifted from N to NE, so I think it will clear out soon.
>>
>> --
>> Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
>> - "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
>> https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications/download-the-guide-1
> ERIC, You did not see the webcam at about 10:00 am today. One could not see past the car in the office building, just barely could make out the fuel tank and looking north could not make anything out past the car in the office paking lot it was all brown on the picture. No trailers, not club house, no noththing. The winds have helped move some of it out.

I looked at it just now, and it was horrible! I wonder if some/lot of that was
dirt, which was present in many places at different times, including here: looked
like smoke, but no smell.

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- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications/download-the-guide-1

[Craig Reinholt]

Tom, I saw what you saw on the webcams. It was astoundingly bad at EPH. That evening I watched the satellite loop and all that smoke moved SW, then west down the Gorge into the PDX area. Visibility in the evening at my home west of Portland was down to 1/2 mile. This morning it has mostly blown out of my area.
Craig


> > https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications/download-the-guide-1
> ERIC, You did not see the webcam at about 10:00 am today. One could not see past the car in the office building, just barely could make out the fuel tank and looking north could not make anything out past the car in the office parking lot it was all brown on the picture. No trailers, not club house, no nothing. The winds have helped move some of it out.
> Take care.
> Tom

[5Z]

Southern California deserts are also socked in with smoke. Inyokern visibility right now is less than 2 miles. http://potomacaviation.com/netlink-v2/html5.asp?airportid=KIYK

5Z

[Steve Bralla]

On Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 10:23:56 AM UTC-7, 5Z wrote:
> Southern California deserts are also socked in with smoke. Inyokern visibility right now is less than 2 miles. http://potomacaviation.com/netlink-v2/html5.asp?airportid=KIYK
>
> 5Z

The San Diego area as well as you can see on the HPREN cameras.
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/cameras/narrow-c.html

Steve

[Martin Gregorie[_6_]]

On Tue, 08 Sep 2020 11:54:50 -0700, Steve Bralla wrote:

> On Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 10:23:56 AM UTC-7, 5Z wrote:
>> Southern California deserts are also socked in with smoke. Inyokern
>> visibility right now is less than 2 miles.
>> http://potomacaviation.com/netlink-v2/html5.asp?airportid=KIYK
>>
>> 5Z
>
> The San Diego area as well as you can see on the HPREN cameras.
> http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/cameras/narrow-c.html
>
There's a spectacular set of satellite views here:

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147250/a-smoky-inferno

These give a really good idea of the sheer extent of the smoke coverage.



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