The Smoke Situation is Rapidly Improving West of the Cascade Crest: But the Wind Threat to the East Remains

As expected, air quality is rapidly improving west of the Cascades, with the transition complete by tomorrow morning. You can see the changes in the west in the visible satellite imagery at 11 AM yesterday (top) and today (bottom) The smoke plumes are now directed to the east, as the winds have reversed to westerly (from the west). Low marine clouds have pushed up the coast and invaded coastal…