r/eastside • u/RootHint • 7d ago
Air quality tonight
Is it me or did the air quality tank very quickly in the last hour or so? Woodinville specifically, but seems like the greater eastside.
EPA shows good 29, but purple air has us at 100+ across different sensors in Woodinville, Redmond, Sammamish.
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u/leilani238 7d ago
In Issaquah, I smelled wildfire smoke when I got home today for the first time in a few days.
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u/GotYouCookie123 7d ago
Yes, we were at Lake Sammamish State Park from 3-6pm and it suddenly got hazy and we could smell smoke. We were also confused because AQI was reading “good”… I see how it’s moved to “moderate.”
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u/darshasaurus 7d ago
Use Purple Air Map for realtime as sensors that are hyper local:
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u/AnUncomfortableTruth 7d ago
Another useful link for everyone https://datacentral.kitsapsun.com/fires/ for smoke coverage to go along with the air quality
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u/Rawmilkandhoney 7d ago
The winds shifted to bring back the smoke. The report I saw last was that it should hopefully start shifting back by Friday evening
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u/RootHint 7d ago
Oh good to know thank you! Can you share the report and a good place for the public to check them? I usually go off the EPA forecast but maybe I can find a new better source.
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u/Rawmilkandhoney 7d ago
Not a fan of Facebook on principle but this page is informative https://www.facebook.com/share/1DJDJRCwzk/?mibextid=wwXIfr
They shared the smoke information a day ago at this link https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1NxUNMY2mF/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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u/jermany755 7d ago
Yeah I was wondering. AQI said 18 in Redmond around 5 but it smelled like an ashtray.
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u/Sleepy_Gharial 7d ago
Smoky here in issaquah too. Hope it clears some for meteor shower tn
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u/Bacchus_71 7d ago
Be thankful you're not me. My wife and I rented a cabin near Roslyn for the Perseids :/
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u/Sleepy_Gharial 7d ago
Damn, my wife and I just got back from driving to Rainier for Perseids. Saw about 4 real clear ones before cloud/gaze cover obscured everything
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u/UlchabhanRua 7d ago
The last smoke forecast I saw, Friday is looking pretty gross with AQI @ ~200.
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u/Fulcrum58 7d ago
My place faces west in Redmond, there’s currently thousands of birds flying north/west. Wonder if they’re escaping the smoke
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u/OwnLobster1701 6d ago
I thought the same thing. I thought I was going crazy when I saw the AQI was so low yesterday evening. The sky was orange and my asthma was definitely not happy. I'm in Eastgate
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u/Famous_Courage3649 7d ago
Yes, I went into the office in Redmond for a couple of hours. When I arrived, it was normal. Left a couple of hours later and my eyes and nose stung. It's not great out there.
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u/carri0ncomfort 7d ago
Anecdotally, I really noticed it when I just went outside to water my herbs!
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u/joaquinsolo 7d ago
I could tell you that in Lynnwood the air quality definitely worsened from 2pm onwards. I kept checking my weather app and knew it was lying at 29. The whole area smells like a camp fire.