TalcottWx

I'm a little shocked at how high AQI is climbing upstream from us. There is a very strong chance one of these CT sites sees air quality 2x worse than yesterday, if this plume continues to head this way. Visibile satellite appears deceptive so far today. It looks like the clearing is right there, but it only seems to be worsening in terms of surface conditions.

That line between smoke and clear air will not move much further south, according to current forecasts.

That big plume of smoke is intense. Syracuse of measuring over 400 AQI. This is close to double of the worst in CT yesterday. Albany is now up to 232 AQI.

DEMHS IS TRACKING AN AREA OF VERY DENSE SMOKE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CONNECTICUT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. 10:15 JUNE 7, 2023 UPDATE As of 10:15 smoke from the Canadian wildfires continues to be present here in Connecticut. Air quality conditions are currently deemed “unhealthy” with AQI values of 150-170PM2.5. We are monitoring an area of very dense smoke positioned throughout Upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania as shown in the satellite imagery to the right. This area of dense smoke is modeled to move into Connecticut over the next few hours with higher smoke density expected than what was observed yesterday. AQI values will likely stay between 150-200PM2.5 however within the highest concentrations of smoke the AQI level could possibly increase to “very unhealthy” with is an AQI value over 200PM2.5 The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has issued an Air Quality Action Day for fine particulates from through midnight tonight. An Air Quality Action Day means that fine particulate concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. The highest concentrations of smoke is expected to stay in Connecticut through the evening and into the early morning hours of Thursday. Lower concentrations of smoke will linger through much of Thursday. DESPP / DEMHS will continue to monitor conditions and provide any updates as warranted.

They increased these numbers again.

Hopefully we can cloud the sun and make it suffocating later this evening for you.

https://gispub.epa.gov/airnow/?contours=ozonepm&monitors=pm25&xmin=-9623192.404576134&xmax=-7275046.895656143&ymin=4586019.5282946825&ymax=5607218.226184366

This is nothing short of insane.

The visible satellite suggests AQI well above 200 is on the way to NYC metro.

DEEP just upped the forecast for AQI today. Around 150 state wide. It is already at those levels now.

Their forecasts have been so terribly low compared to verification, also.

The forecast is a bit more unknown today I think, but the smoke quality is very poor across Western CT, all sites over 150 AQI. Smoke does increase after a slight improvement in the AM hours. But this seems to be mainly a S and W CT day for the highest AQI. Mid-Atlantic should be smokier than us today I believe, but tough this is these fires spread faster than models can track them. Kingston Ontario is so much worse than us, incredible numbers up to our north.

Such a rare event today to nerd out over. Look at this hourly chart at Bridgeport. Conditions were already super impressive and they continue to deteriorate. You have to wonder if tomorrow is worse than today, considering we were only forecast at 125~ AQI max today.

208 at Bridgeport, Stratford, and Westport. That's a new level of bad. Yes I enjoy talking to myself about air quality. 218 (!) in Queens.

198 at three sites: Stratford, Westport, Bridgeport. Pm10 has been rocketing since this afternoon, and continues to increase. PM2.5 seems to be plauteauing. Some information you might find educational, as I had no idea of any of this before today: "PM2.5 is more likely to travel into and deposit on the surface of the deeper parts of the lung, while PM10 is more likely to deposit on the surfaces of the larger airways of the upper region of the lung. Particles deposited on the lung surface can induce tissue damage, and lung inflammation." CA.gov goes on to detail," Emissions from combustion of gasoline, oil, diesel fuel or wood produce much of the PM2.5 pollution found in outdoor air, as well as a significant proportion of PM10. PM10 also includes dust from construction sites, landfills and agriculture, wildfires and brush/waste burning, industrial sources, wind-blown dust from open lands, pollen and fragments of bacteria." The EPA states," Of these, particles less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, also known as fine particles or PM2.5, pose the greatest risk to health." According to one study, there's a link between PM2.5 from wildfires and increased risk of hospitalizations for cardiopulmonary diseases. There's a ton of different things to consider when it comes to this stuff, that's for sure. Interesting to read up on.

193 now in Torrington, making a run at 200.

Lightning just really increased. Mid-level magic.

Wind increasing and some new cells popping along the line as it enters nw CT.

AQI now 188 Torrington. At 200, air is considered 'very unhealthy' for entire population.

Line coming toward nw CT was just warned, and it's intensifying.

Winds kicked up and we're gusty for a few hours. Dead still now. Storms rolling around from the NW.

Waterbury AQI 182 PM2.5, and 133.6 µg/m3.

I miss the traffic and congestion oh so much. Naht

Storms just don't happen where I live, no matter where I live

Incredible. Hartford is up to 171 AQI.