It's Over.
Just a short note.
Last night, as marine air surged in, there was a rapid improvement in air quality around the region. The latest purple air map shows that all of western Washington now has good air quality. With strengthening onshore/westerly flow the wildfire smoke has been pushed into northeast Washington.
Expect improvements in the central and southern Willamette Valley later today.
A series of distrubances in northwesterly flow will bring precipitation to the regon during the next few days, with the mountains getting the bulk of it. Check out the accumulated precipitation amounts through 5 PM Monday (see below). Several inches will fall on the western slopes of the Cascades, which will greatly diminish current fires. Temperatures will plummet and relative humidities will be high.
Due to the incoming wind direction, Puget Sound will be rainshadowed by the Olympics, and a profound rainshadow will occur east of the Cascades.
In short, we have gone through the transition to more winter-like conditions.
And we are not going back.
Below are the totals during the next ten days. Wow. I will get my umbrella out!
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