July 2026

[MJO812]

My AQi is 153 right now

[SACRUS]

ROgue storm in NJ

 

[Jimbo!]

Current skies in East Brunswick while on vacation.


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[winterwarlock]

88/77/102

[MJO812]

20 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

My AQi is 153 right now

Close to 170 now

[doncat]

88/73 currently, figuring the smoke cut off 5° or so.

[dWave]

Smoke is terrible now.  Worse than yday evening and still building it seems. Nauseating.

[MJO812]

Back to wearing a mask

[wxallannj]

My aqi is now 278 and rising here in Clifton

[MJO812]

[WeatherGeek2025]

when do you guys think this smoke situation will end?

[NEG NAO]

actually can see the smoke in the air here in north central NJ - weird smell - what type of trees are burning up there in Canada ?

 

[WeatherGeek2025]

what's your with this, I don't ever remember getting this when I was growing up

[NEG NAO]

2 minutes ago, WeatherGeek2025 said:

when do you guys think this smoke situation will end?

look at the forecast smoke in it through Saturday Morning

 

[SnowGoose69]

23 minutes ago, WeatherGeek2025 said:

what's your with this, I don't ever remember getting this when I was growing up

 

Isn't it believed to be poor mitigation or prevention by Canada mostly?  We had plenty of very dry periods before and this did not happen

[forkyfork]

1 minute ago, SnowGoose69 said:

 

Isn't it believed to be poor mitigation or prevention by Canada mostly?  We had plenty of very dry periods before and this did not happen

most of the boreal forest is inaccessible 

[NEG NAO]

aqi is between 300 - 400 here in north central nj

US EPA PM2.5 by PurpleAir

[SnowGoose69]

Mets/Phillies game may not finish, especially with Nola going the Mets may actually score runs and it likely won't be a fast game.  The VIS of 1-3 SM is moving south fast towards the park and should be there by 730-8

[guinness77]

I’m on west end of tracks 1 and 2 in Jamaica and the pics really aren’t doing it justice.  Obvious smoke in the air, an overt campfire smell, you can feel it in your chest. Lots of people masking up. It’s feeling pretty post-apocalyptic here. 

[winterwx21]

3 minutes ago, NEG NAO said:

aqi is between 300 - 400 here in north central nj

US EPA PM2.5 by PurpleAir

Weird because the AirNow.gov website says the AQI is 152 here right now. Who knows which to believe. 

[NEG NAO]

5 minutes ago, SnowGoose69 said:

Mets/Phillies game may not finish, especially with Nola going the Mets may actually score runs and it likely won't be a fast game.  The VIS of 1-3 SM is moving south fast towards the park and should be there by 730-8

interesting similar if there was thick fog

 

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

actually can see the smoke in the air here in north central NJ - weird smell - what type of trees are burning up there in Canada ?
 

Typical boreal stuff like black spruce, red spruce, balsim fir and birch’s. Maybe a few hardwoods mixed in because it’s not that far north like sugar and red maple.


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[NEG NAO]

1 minute ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Typical boreal stuff like black spruce, red spruce, balsim fir and birch’s. Maybe a few hardwoods mixed in because it’s not that far north like sugar and red maple.


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not a bad smell imo

[jm1220]

Definitely thicker campfire smell now. 

[NEG NAO]

8 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

Weird because the AirNow.gov website says the AQI is 152 here right now. Who knows which to believe. 

purple air uses individuals own sensors

[A-L-E-K]

18 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

most of the boreal forest is inaccessible 

Taiga

[TJW014]

Wild lightning with that stray storm in south Ocean/Burlington Counties. Just keeps on back building too. Friend of mine on LBI had pea size hail.

I wonder how much of an effect all the particulates in the atmosphere from the wildfires have on lightning production

[TJW014]

55 & 56 kt gusts in Surf City and Ship Bottom

[WeatherGeek2025]

2 minutes ago, TJW014 said:

Wild lightning with that stray storm in south Ocean/Burlington Counties. Just keeps on back building too. Friend of mine on LBI had pea size hail.

I wonder how much of an effect all the particulates in the atmosphere from the wildfires have on lightning production

probably some big flooding going on there right now

[TJW014]

1.25" hail in Warren Grove