When's it gonna end?
Jun. 8th, 2011 10:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billeylerWeather report, in normal screaming-at-you mode:
THE WALLOW FIRE NEAR ALPINE ARIZONA CONTINUES TO REMAIN VERY ACTIVE... PRODUCING AN EXTENSIVE PLUME OF SMOKE STRETCHING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES THE DENSEST SMOKE WILL STRETCH FROM THE RED HILL AND QUEMADO AREAS IN NORTHWEST CATRON COUNTY... THROUGH EASTERN CIBOLA COUNTY AND INTO SANDOVAL... BERNALILLO... AND VALENCIA COUNTIES. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT SMOKE INTO THIS AREA. SMOKE WILL LIKELY SETTLE INTO MUCH OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE ESTANCIA VALLEY AGAIN THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED BELOW 2 MILES IN ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE... WITH EVEN LOWER VISIBILITIES LIKELY IN NORTHWEST CATRON COUNTY. AS WINDS DIMINISH AND THE SMOKE SETTLES OVERNIGHT... VISIBILITIES UNDER 1 MILE WILL BE LIKELY... EVEN ACROSS THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA. AS A REMINDER... VISIBILITIES OF THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OR LESS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HAZARDOUS AIR QUALITY. THIS MEANS THE AIR QUALITY IS UNSAFE FOR ALL PERSONS. REDUCE EXPOSURE TO THE DANGEROUS SMOKE CONDITIONS.
THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES OR ISSUES SHOULD AVOID USING THEIR SWAMP COOLERS AND SHOULD STAY INDOORS. THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT WHEN SMOKE LEVELS ARE HIGH... THE USE OF ANYTHING THAT BURNS SUCH AS CANDLES... FIREPLACES..OR GAS STOVES... IS DISCOURAGED.
THE WALLOW FIRE NEAR ALPINE ARIZONA CONTINUES TO REMAIN VERY ACTIVE... PRODUCING AN EXTENSIVE PLUME OF SMOKE STRETCHING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES THE DENSEST SMOKE WILL STRETCH FROM THE RED HILL AND QUEMADO AREAS IN NORTHWEST CATRON COUNTY... THROUGH EASTERN CIBOLA COUNTY AND INTO SANDOVAL... BERNALILLO... AND VALENCIA COUNTIES. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT SMOKE INTO THIS AREA. SMOKE WILL LIKELY SETTLE INTO MUCH OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE ESTANCIA VALLEY AGAIN THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED BELOW 2 MILES IN ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE... WITH EVEN LOWER VISIBILITIES LIKELY IN NORTHWEST CATRON COUNTY. AS WINDS DIMINISH AND THE SMOKE SETTLES OVERNIGHT... VISIBILITIES UNDER 1 MILE WILL BE LIKELY... EVEN ACROSS THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA. AS A REMINDER... VISIBILITIES OF THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OR LESS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HAZARDOUS AIR QUALITY. THIS MEANS THE AIR QUALITY IS UNSAFE FOR ALL PERSONS. REDUCE EXPOSURE TO THE DANGEROUS SMOKE CONDITIONS.
THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES OR ISSUES SHOULD AVOID USING THEIR SWAMP COOLERS AND SHOULD STAY INDOORS. THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT WHEN SMOKE LEVELS ARE HIGH... THE USE OF ANYTHING THAT BURNS SUCH AS CANDLES... FIREPLACES..OR GAS STOVES... IS DISCOURAGED.
