...and the stagnation warning extends another day!
Monday, November 21, 2005
Hooray for weather alerts by email:
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
905 AM PST MON NOV 21 2005
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-NORTHERN CASCADE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHWEST INTERIOR-EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA-TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL/KITSAP PENINSULA-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-905 AM PST MON NOV 21 2005
...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. THIS PATTERN TRAPS COLDER AIR NEAR THE SURFACE UNDER WARMER AIR ALOFT. LIGHT SURFACE WINDS ACCOMPANY THE TEMPERATURE INVERSION...ALLOWING POLLUTANTS SUCH AS WOOD SMOKE...AUTO EXHAUST...AND INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS TO DEGRADE AIR QUALITY OVER THE LOWLANDS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
WEATHER FORECAST MODELS INDICATE A FRONT WILL APPROACH THE COAST ON THANKSGIVING DAY AND THAT IT WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON ON FRIDAY. IF THE MODELS ARE CORRECT...THIS FRONT WOULD LIKELY END THE TEMPERATURE INVERSION AND IMPROVE AIR QUALITY.
CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL AIR QUALITY AGENCY FOR POSSIBLE RESTRICTIONS IN YOUR AREA.
It’s spectacularly foggy this morning. Combined with the idiocy of road construction along the back-road route I usually take, and the fact that they always do such work during the morning rush hour (and just what the FUCK is that?), the gray day is perfectly is matching my mood.
’Tis a short week, the only saving grace for this day.