Air Quality and hiking
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kushrocks
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Re: Air Quality and hiking
Anyone know where I can find the imap radar showing where the worst of the smoke is? I was going to head out tomorrow but word on the street is that it was pretty bad out there today.
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Re: Air Quality and hiking
Skied Oklahoma today. As the day went on, the smoke got nastier. It wasn't enough to get me really sick, but I was not moving fast. Visibility was reduced dramatically.
Ryan - Wunderground has a layer that shows the smoke. At least they did last season.
Ryan - Wunderground has a layer that shows the smoke. At least they did last season.
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kushrocks
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Re: Air Quality and hiking
Here is the link I was looking for. Looks like the whole state is covered and anything south of 70 currently looks to be a no go.
https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=top ... _wildfires
https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=top ... _wildfires
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TravelingMatt
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Re: Air Quality and hiking
It has gotten better in the last couple of hours in Summit County, and further west the Ridgway Cam concurs.
The fires seem to be from Montrose and San Miguel counties.
The fires seem to be from Montrose and San Miguel counties.
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Tim A
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Re: Air Quality and hiking
It's still very hazy in Salida right now (6pm). Shavano is drifting in and out of visibility from town. My eyes and throat were irritated this morning hiking out to Lake Ann south of Winfield this morning, fwiw.
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Oh wow, that's depressing to look at. Well, I'll be spending a whole week in the 1-3 smoke layers/opaque areas coming up here. Hoping to do 3-4 mtns in Aspen, Telluride areas. I'll report back if I don't suffer respiratory failure. Thanks for the link!kushrocks wrote:Here is the link I was looking for. Looks like the whole state is covered and anything south of 70 currently looks to be a no go.
https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=top ... _wildfires
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