{"id":1537,"date":"2021-08-08T10:47:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T17:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2021-08-08T10:47:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T17:47:41","slug":"climate-emergency-life-smoke-forecasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2021\/08\/08\/climate-emergency-life-smoke-forecasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Emergency Life: Smoke Forecasts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In easier times, we look at the weather forecasts before going out.  With the climate crisis making itself more apparent, now now also check smoke forecasts! Our environmental agencies have modeling just for this, and it is smartphone-friendly.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I regularly use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airnow.gov\/\">airnow.gov<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/fire.airnow.gov\/\">fire.airnow.gov<\/a> to know if I need to wear a particulate filtering mask.  These services are provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Park Service (NPS), NASA, Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and host of local agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-template-default wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.airnow.gov\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Fire and Smoke Map\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\t\t<div class=\"vlp-link-image-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vlp-link-image\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fire.airnow.gov\/9f7f63f8a33d2121e7c0cf071b51b1f4.png\" style=\"max-width: 700px; max-height: 700px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vlp-link-text-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vlp-link-title\">\n\t\t\tFire and Smoke Map\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vlp-link-summary\">\n\t\t\tIn 2021, several features have been added to the information available when you click or tap a monitor or sensor icon. We\u2019ve added a dashboard that gives you quick access to key information you can use to help plan your activities:\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent days, the smoke coverage in satellite photos has been alarming, and sunlight has had a strangely yellow tinge to it.  That&#8217;s is caused by high level smoke, but we also need to know if the smoke is close to the ground, because then we have to take precautions for our breathing and overall health.  Waiting to smell it isn&#8217;t enough &#8211; it may come and go, and catch us unprepared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Weather Service delivers on this surface smoke forecasting need!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As popularly requested, here is the latest hi-resolution forecast for NEAR SURFACE smoke through the next 44 hours. Another loop for suspended smoke at roughly ridge level will follow shortly. NEAR SURFACE smoke is more important to focus on. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6maez58bLO\">pic.twitter.com\/6maez58bLO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSBayArea\/status\/1423679240365506569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>I recommend following your local National Weather Service office on Twitter.  Mine is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSBayArea\">NWS Bay Area<\/a>, and they do a fantastic job!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In easier times, we look at the weather forecasts before going out. With the climate crisis making itself more apparent, now now also check smoke forecasts! Our environmental agencies have modeling just for this, and it is smartphone-friendly. I regularly use airnow.gov or fire.airnow.gov to know if I need to wear a particulate filtering mask. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2021\/08\/08\/climate-emergency-life-smoke-forecasts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Climate Emergency Life: Smoke Forecasts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[167],"tags":[68,137],"class_list":["post-1537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-california","tag-climate-crisis"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1537"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1540,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions\/1540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}