September 2020 Forecasts and Discussions

[PortKells]

Picked this off the American forum. The smoke is on its way.

This is what endless rounds of ridging brings.

[BhamMe]

I believe I speak for everyone here when I say, can we just skip forward to November 1?

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

Picked this off the American forum. The smoke is on its way.

AQI just crossed over into the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range in Bellingham and still rising.

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

AQI just crossed over into the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range in Bellingham and still rising.

White Rock and Surrey are now also USG. Downtown Vancouver still holding on to the high end of Moderate. Birch Bay and Lummi Island have exceeded USG and are now flat-out Unhealthy.

[Hughc0rne]

Latest METAR in Abbotsford:

CYXX 111939Z 21005KT 170V250 3SM HZ FU SKC 23/13 A3002 RMK HZ4 VIS 2 S QUAD SLP167 DENSITY ALT 1100FT

Visibility is very crummy out here, and seems to be getting worse going off the eye test, objects on the horizon keep disappearing.

[Weather101]

Do you have any risk factors?

It was ok today but on Tuesday it was a bit smoky. Nothing like down south though.

yes I do

[AbbyJr]

So smokey here.

[Typeing3]

This is what endless rounds of ridging brings.

Ironically the forest fires were caused by an unusually cold trough diving to the east of the Rockies. Massive pressure gradient led to strong E winds over Washington and Oregon.

[Hughc0rne]

Looking southeast

[tyweather]

The smoke in Oregon is insanely thick. The highest volcanic peaks are the only mountains visible in the Cascades and they are just dots.

[Typeing3]

Smoke is getting thicker at the surface here in east coquitlam. Campfire smell is also getting stronger.

[John]

I read some of these fires have been deliberately set by Trump supporters And or antifa fools? Is this true or fakenews?

[Typeing3]

Atrocious air quality in Seattle
https://mobile.twitter.com/NickAllardKI ... 8040293378

[Typeing3]

West coast has the worst air quality on earth today.

[Rubus_Leucodermis]

I read some of these fires have been deliberately set by Trump supporters And or antifa fools? Is this true or fakenews?

The US forum is chock-full of righties speculating it was Antifa. There is about as much evidence for this as there is for a conspiracy to start fires by Trumpers. Which is to say, no hard evidence whatsoever. At least one guy was caught in the act of starting a fire, but there is no evidence it was politically motivated.

Edit: Would have been more accurate to say it was last night. Don’t see that sort of conspiracy-mongering there right now.