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Weather Watchers

patphil

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6. I expect it to be a problem where I live in southern New York State.

Reply to Beringia (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 11:17 AM

9 hrs ago

Last edited Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:26 PM - Edit history (1)

Couple that with 90+ degree temperatures today and tomorrow, and it's gonna be a stay inside day for me.
Note: I'll be 80 yrs old in October.

Additional information: I have a weather station that measures and records a wide variety of information. Normally, on a sunny summer day the level of solar radiation would be well over 800 watts/square meter, but I just saw it at 33 watts/square meter at about 4PM! Also, the UV index is zero, meaning heavy cloud cover.
Actually the sky has a slight orange tint to it now. It's getting worse as the day wears on.

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Canada wildfire smoke to spread across the US [View all] Beringia 9 hrs ago OP

It was really bad here yesterday -misanthroptimist 9 hrs ago #1

Where are you? wnylib 9 hrs ago #2

Northern Maine -misanthroptimist 9 hrs ago #3

Western NY here. We are being advised that the smoke wnylib 9 hrs ago #4

You won't enjoy it. -misanthroptimist 9 hrs ago #5

We went through it here a few years ago, so I know what to expect. wnylib 7 hrs ago #7

I expect it to be a problem where I live in southern New York State. patphil 9 hrs ago #6

Bad here Cirsium 3 hrs ago #8