The updated forecast for Seattle: ash flurries today with low visibility and cooling smoke shade.
I have been forecasting around here for a long time and have never seen a situation like this, with ash falling around western Washington and a smoke cloud so dense one would think it is low stratus deck. No sun was visible this morning.
I am mean this is something new.
Outside my home there is ash on all horizontal surfaces. To illustrate, here is a photo taken by Logan Johnson, the head of the Seattle NWS office, from his home in Bothell. His car looks like it has a bad case of dandruff.
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