People in places with changeable weather often pay special attention to the changes. The striking red sunrise reflects the smokiness, although the AQI was below 50 for part of yesterday, today: higher. And hot, hot overnight, whew, so that the downstairs only got down to 78°F even at dawn. Sticky. And we smelled smoke off and on all morning.
Around two, rain came in ushered by a moderate wind, so we hustled about to close windows. Fortunately, the temp dropped so that by 6pm it was down to 70°F on the front porch (!!!). Thankfully, now it’s quite pleasant—the humidity is lurking around 82%, and the AQI has dropped to the low 50s.
Yup. Lots of weather variation….
10 August 2025 at 6:25 pm
Maureen says:
Red sky at night, sailor’s delight
Red sky at dawn, sailor’s take warn
Old saying of my Grandma and Dad. I guess it’s true?
10 August 2025 at 9:05 pm
Sammy says:
Fortunately, we are not sailing. OTOH, we are lying low in the heat…so we’re not good data?
The saying doesn’t take into account the distortion of smoky skies.?!.
Such confusion in data collection…????