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I swear you could smell the smoke this morning. And my eyes were stinging coming into work. Going to be such a fun day

Seeing aqi of 700 around Detroit. Insane to see whats going on back home in the lakes region.

Thats where im from before coming out this way. It is really bad up there. Got family and friends messaging me on how breathing is making their throats scratchy even after 5 mins outside. Really insane and worse than 2023.

Don't weenie tag me but, boy if we can get a phase between the the polar jet stream and what's sure to be an extremely active subtropical jet stream this winter, it could really get a historic snowstorm.

Haze showing up at DCA. Current DC air quality listed as 62 (moderate). NWS forecasts air quality to worsen today... ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY JULY 16 2026... The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and District Department of Environment has issued a Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert Thursday for the District of Columbia. A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. (snip)

Looks like the heat shifts to Western CONUS heading into late July with more comfortable temperatures here.

The local mets here were saying that when the front passed by the Ontario fires it caused them to flare up a ton - and modeling hadn't considered that. About 4 minutes in https://youtu.be/K5Y3sW9b4Gs?is=6dEwOaDH-42u7ttl

93 yesterday. hazy sun this morning

I wondered about a potential spin-up, especially after looking at CC. Admittedly I am not a pro, though Families location is the dot above Deering.

Dulles still in the running for warm low for date. BWI just missed.

At least the DC area air quality is not that of Detroit... Detroit registers worst air quality in the world among major cities as wildfire smoke blankets Michigan DETROIT, Mich. (News 10) - Heavy wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota continues to settle into Lower Michigan, causing Detroit to have the worst air quality in the world among major cities Thursday morning. Detroit’s air quality index (AQI) was rated at 684 as of 3:30 a.m. Thursday, according to IQ Air which tracks air quality ratings across the world. Air quality is ranked in these categories: 0-50 = Good, 51-100 = Moderate, 101-150 = Unhealthy for sensitive groups, 151-200 = Unhealthy, 201-300 Very unhealthy, 301+ = Hazardous (snip)

Gulf of “America” on a NOAA site Sad https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/satellite.php

Satellite is messed up this morning, it’s not updating for some reason.

yeah its blue sky here. Kind of shocked, but I guess the next plume arrives sometime today

Safe mode'd. Update (7/15/2026 7:18:26 PM): On Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 20:23Z/GMT, a GOES-19 / GOES-EAST satellite anomaly occurred which sent the satellite into "safe" mode. Recovery is underway, but it may take days or longer for imagery to resume production. Until then, no GOES-EAST imagery of the US or the Atlantic will be available. We apologize for the inconvenience. ---Nexlab Staff

Smelled it last night at work…. Very woodsy smell. Reminds me of winter. .

Wth is going on with satellite

Yeah the smoke puts it over the top, Just sweating and breathing terrible air

No Yellow sky here but smoke smell and cloudy. Got my covid mask ready just incas. Told my wife to keep the baby inside today

Finally a non smoke morning.

The AQI in Toledo, OH right now is 405! Cannot even see the city from the bridge

July has basically become unlivable in this region now lol

The sun here upon sunrise is a tiny red ball behind a thick milky sky, surreal.

Although the timestamp has updated, the actual goes image has not updated since yesterday. .