# The local weather is Smoke

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-local-weather-is-smoke/117883>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 8, 2002, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-local-weather-is-smoke/117883 "2002-07-08T10:08:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-local-weather-is-smoke/117883/1 "2002-07-08T10:08:40Z")

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Daybreak, not a cloud in the sky, Sun is the same dim orange disc as yesterday.

:o

The Weather Channel website informs weather conditions for the entire Northeast US are Smoke. They even have a little icon for it.

There’s no smell of smoke - these are the Montreal fires and a freakish Northwest wind has prevailed for four days - which brings the smoke aloft at 12,000 feet.

And it might get worse if the individual fires connect.

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**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-local-weather-is-smoke/117883/2 "2002-07-08T13:54:51Z")

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I don’t mind; it cuts down on the heat. And the deep-orange sunlight looks pretty.

We’re overdue for a “year without a summer” anyway. 😃

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**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-local-weather-is-smoke/117883/3 "2002-07-08T14:49:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Corbomite \*  
> \*\*There’s no smell of smoke - these are the _Montreal_ fires and a freakish Northwest wind has prevailed for four days - which brings the smoke aloft at 12,000 feet. \*\*

Italics mine  
\<nitpick\> Montréal is **not** on fire. These fires are located in the James Bay area, 500 miles north of Montréal. It would be better to refer to them as either “Québec’s” or “James Bay forest fires”.\</nitpick\>

In addition, the Northeast US has reason to be concerned about these fires. They are occuring near a major hydro dams complex. If they reach the power lines or power stations, there might be a nasty surprise when next winter comes around.

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**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-local-weather-is-smoke/117883/4 "2002-07-08T15:48:26Z")

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We’ve got the smoke in the DC metro area, too. Yesterday was far worse than today – it was a weird haze everywhere like the clouds had fallen with a faint burning smell around you. Weird.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-local-weather-is-smoke/117883/5 "2002-07-09T02:43:33Z")

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Just heard this evening that the extreme haze hanging around all day–and probably tomorrow, too–is due to fires from Canada.

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**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-local-weather-is-smoke/117883/6 "2002-07-09T02:54:05Z")

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Yeah, we were discussing this over [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=124320) too.

“How’s the weather there in New England?” my friend asked the other day. “Yellow.” I replied. Well, it was!

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**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-local-weather-is-smoke/117883/7 "2002-07-09T02:56:22Z")

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[HERE](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=124320) even.