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31j20b3

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8. Smoke was bad at dawn at the moment the sky looks blue and the sun is bright

Reply to Delarage (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 07:16 PM

15 hrs ago

The wind is steady out of the west southwest.

That will change and on Sunday the forecast is back to smoke as the wind becomes out of the north as a low pressure moves through WI

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For those in the smoke, how are you coping? [View all] Delarage 15 hrs ago OP

Chicago AQI Is Now 66 ProfessorGAC 15 hrs ago #1

That's great! Delarage 15 hrs ago #2

The rain helped. Morbius 13 hrs ago #17

It's better today, but yesterday was terrible. I went out for only a short time Ocelot II 15 hrs ago #3

I have some N95s Delarage 15 hrs ago #4

Going out only when absolutely necessary. Diamond_Dog 15 hrs ago #5

AQI in Spokane Washington right now is 270 or 280, so "very unhealthy". Very hazy and strong smell of smoke. FadedMullet 15 hrs ago #6

Talked with my sister in Ann Arbor. Biophilic 15 hrs ago #7

Smoke was bad at dawn at the moment the sky looks blue and the sun is bright 31j20b3 15 hrs ago #8

This morning the AQI was 327 here in Steubenville Ohio now 311. The smoke burns my eyes. On top of that doc03 15 hrs ago #9

It is around 200 on the AQI index in NE MN. All the decent furnance filters are sold out and masks gone everywhere. waterwatcher123 15 hrs ago #10

This morning we were over 400 in NE Wisconsin. It's 155 now and is a relief. Greybnk48 15 hrs ago #11

I feel bad for my dog Delarage 14 hrs ago #15

We're (NYC) lucky right now after 4 days of nasty smoke.... electric_blue68 15 hrs ago #12

The Dayton (Oh) area recorded a 451 this afternoon, setting a new record for us. Xavier Breath 14 hrs ago #13

Eek Delarage 14 hrs ago #14

Here in NYC (Manhattan) better than yesterday Golden Raisin 14 hrs ago #16

It was definitely better today in upstate NY, but I got an air quality notification for tonight until 12:30am. I had the Raftergirl 13 hrs ago #18

It's getting better here in southwestern Ontario. Jedi Guy 13 hrs ago #19

The day it hit me in mid-Michigan, I had opened most of my windows, Jack Valentino 11 hrs ago #20