nifty!

[rootofnewt]

twilight_spirit wrote of this, so i had to go dig it up myself. bizarre.

we'd noticed the extreme haziness... like super-smog, without the 100+ degree temps and ultra-high humidity and breathing strain of a normal ozone alert day. from the ben franklin bridge, center city was nearly indistinguishable. and i noticed the odor of burning wood, but didn't link the two.

(pardon the caps, blame the national weather service if you must)
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 950 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2002
...THE SMOKE SHOULD FINALLY CLEAR BY LATE MONDAY MORNING...

SMOKE FROM FOREST FIRES UP IN QUEBEC CONTINUES TO AFFECT EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. THE SMOKE HAS BEEN OBSCURING THE SKY AND REDUCING THE VISIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE REGION SINCE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ALSO...THERE HAS BEEN A PERSISTENT ODOR OF BURNING WOOD.

THE LAST SIGNIFICANT SMOKE PLUME TO AFFECT OUR REGION PASSED OVERHEAD THIS AFTERNOON. A NORTHWEST TO WEST WIND THIS EVENING BROUGHT LIMITED IMPROVEMENT.

DURING THE NIGHT THE WIND SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT AND AS A RESULT SOME SMOKE SHOULD LINGER. A WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY MORNING AND IT WILL LIKELY PUSH THE LAST OF THE SMOKE AND HAZE OUT OF OUR REGION BY MIDDAY.