It is a Good News Bad News Scenario for Smoke

 I will be brief:

The Bad News:

1. Our winds will come almost directly from the west leading up to next weekend.
2. That means the smoke could be here to stay for at least the next several days.
3. Around Saturday a front moves in that will increase the winds and bring them more from the north. Of course that will make dealing with the Mosquito fire that much more difficult.
4. The rainy season does not start for nearly 2 months.

The Good News:

1. We made it all the way to September before the air quality tanked.
2. The winds could clear out the smoke toward the end of the week.
3. There are several storms that should change our winds frequently in the coming weeks.

Here is a look at the forecast winds for this weekend:

Qualifier:

Predicting local surface wind direction is very difficult.

Stay Tuned ...