The weather weenies explained it today,
When an inversion is in place, a strong upper-level trough passage can blow out the pollution, improve the air quality, and usher in clearer skies. On the other hand, a weak trough passage just gives us a blanket of dreary mid and upper-level clouds and just enough precipitation to moisten up the low levels and increase the fog coverage.
That's just what has happened over the past 24 hours, and we're left not only with fog and dreary skies, but also plenty of pollution as PM2.5 levels have been highly elevated and well above National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
I made strong green tea, mixing it into cocoa for D (who does not like tea.) For the sake of mild airway easing. I drank the other half straight, since I do like tea.
We cleaned out the spare room a bit, too much throw-that-in-there-deal-later mindset. Missing stuff we need, and could not find. Still have not found them, but that's ok. Insufficient past usefulness items for a yard sale next summer, so we'll likely just put it out for the neighborhood cleanup. The usual pickers will re-use, recycle the stuff. It won't be landfill. At least not for a while after that.
Hard to stay positive, or not negative, even, when the lungs are objecting to having to breathe the second rate stuff provided. Sorry about that. Trough luck.
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The worst air I've ever had to breathe was the yellow haze that engulfed Los Angeles, when we were stationed at Camp Lejeune and lived in San Clemente. Northerly winds would push the haze down the El Camino Real right into everyone's homes. However, I don't think it was as bad as what you're experiencing.
I offer you and D (and felines) my deepest empathy.
Crow,
I imagine it's much the same. Bowl geography, pollution, inversion. No way to tell for sure, since they weren't measuring as much until very recently.
One of the data points is the train that runs the valley end to end, sensors added just this winter. Very interesting patterns.
Sounds like chewy air, hope your area soon gets whatever atmospheric change helps.
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Sucks about the air, hopefully it clear soon.
We have a room in our house that is definitely the dump-and-deal-later decor. Just haven't had the time to, and likely won't until possibly our youngest starts high school.
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