Highs in the 50s. View entire discussion ( 1 comments) More posts from the Seattle community. “It already looks like Monday will start to clear.”.
The National Weather Service says we should expect fog to become fairly widespread again Sunday night. “The bottom line is it’ll be mostly sunny with a little smoke… It doesn’t help that many of the coping mechanisms a therapist might recommend to a client are off-limits in the unhealthy air, said Seattle mental health therapist Ashley McGirt. Highs in the 50s to lower 60s. fog. “Many of the main things I recommend to improve our mental health and well-being — deep breathing, going outside, getting some fresh air,” McGirt said. “Now that’s gone.
Once the temperatures are similar, the cap is lifted, and the low clouds evaporate or burn off by the sunshine. Cloudy. The Pearl Hill fire near Bridgeport, Douglas County, has burned nearly 224,000 acres, with the Cold Springs blaze approaching 189,000 acres. The smoke mixed with fog and low clouds throughout Sunday. Timelapse: Fog around Seattle's waterfront They are "capped" or "trapped" by the warm air directly above, and that's why the low clouds can't escape or evaporate, and we have low visibility. A temperature inversion, usually just called an inversion, occurs when warm air moves over cooler air at the surface. Recent wildfires across California, Oregon and Washington have killed 33 people, including a 1-year-old in Okanogan County. Mostly sunny. “It’s COVID, it’s the biggest civil unrest we’ve seen in a while, the economic downturn, the uncertainty about the election, climate change. The Pearl Hill and Cold Springs fires — the two largest in Washington — were respectively 80% and 45% contained as of Sunday morning. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. So, what happened? Tonight. Highs in the mid to upper 40s. They may already be in a toxic living environment.”. What's your favorite place to see the colors in WA? Please select one of the following: Cloudy with a chance of rain. “The things I would do as a performer, I would go outside and I’d sing and the neighbors would enjoy and we’d make jokes, or I’d just go for a walk by myself and now you can’t go outside.”, “You can’t even just be, because there’s no fresh air,” Craft said. This comes after several days of above average temperatures and record-breaking afternoon highs. The blaze was 25% contained as of Sunday morning. Starting Monday, multiple incoming weather systems should bring stronger eastward winds blowing the smoke to higher levels of the atmosphere, according to the National Weather Service’s Seattle office. Areas of frost in the morning.
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Lee said she feels privileged to be able to take refuge somewhere safe, but in the last couple of days, she’s said she’s had “wide-eyed conversations” with her siblings about the future.
Air quality is expected to remain unhealthy for sensitive groups in Puget Sound through the middle of the coming week. Her three siblings have now joined her, two of whom had to evacuate from the Oregon wildfires. East wind to 10 mph becoming southeast after midnight. Until those temperatures start getting closer to each other, the low clouds will remain. They are "capped" or "trapped" by the warm air directly above, and that's why the low clouds can't escape or evaporate, and we have low visibility. “[It’s] been a challenge for everyone to communicate the right balance.”. Experiencing both the COVID-19 pandemic and bad wildfire smoke may be … Weather expected to push some smoke out of Seattle, but mental health takes a hit in the haze Sep. 13, 2020 at 9:28 am Updated Sep. 13, 2020 at … The Space Needle was barely visible from Kerry Park on Saturday. Simoni said that she would advise people who are feeling particularly anxious or depressed to identify and acknowledge how they’re feeling. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch possible. But staying inside under a Creamsicle-colored haze while a pandemic rages is taking a toll on many people’s mental health. Highs in the upper 40s. Elsewhere, a slow-moving storm over the Northern High Plains will reach the Upper Great Lakes by Wednesday. This system will produce areas of snow, rain, and freezing rain. Lows in the mid to upper 40s. Areas of frost after midnight. Kesia Lee, 24, moved back in with her parents in Redmond when the California school she worked at as an outdoor educator closed because of the pandemic.
“This is the worst I’ve seen it and I’ve lived in Washington for 42 years.”. Southwest wind to 10 mph. Since the smoke rolled in on Friday, she hasn’t been able to do that.
But cooler temperatures, lighter winds and higher humidity levels are slowing the growth of fires throughout the Northwest. Fog and smoke combined, it seemed, to cheat us out of an expected week of glorious sun, blue skies and highs near 80. “The days of consequence are upon us.”. Patchy fog in the morning. And we probably won’t get … “Know that this is normal, this is appropriate to feel this way, and do what you do to cope in a healthy way,” Simoni said. Here's an illustration of what's what as seen from above, but only an air quality monitor can distinguish between the two at ground level. The Columbia River Gorge will still be downwind of some of the Oregon wildfires, even after clean, marine air clears out Western Washington. “Folks are constantly wondering, ‘When on Earth will it end?’ and ‘What will I do in the interim? “This is not a debate. Warm air is less dense than cold air, so it hovers over the cooler air in the atmosphere.
With COVID-19, there are no easy answers, Dhammapala said. Seattle and Vicinity.
Jay Inslee appeared on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” alongside Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-OR, to discuss the wildfires’ devastation, calling the situation “apocalyptic” and “maddening.” Inslee described talking with a woman in Malden, Whitman County, a town he said was “absolutely decimated” by the fires. “Talk to other people about it, try to do something in your house, take a break from the news once in a while.”, “Treat yourself a little bit if you need to do something that makes you feel good, and hopefully we know this is not going to be sustained,” Simoni continued. Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50. Media. A chance of rain in the evening. Mostly sunny. This can often happen during the fall and winter months, but it's not usual to see it during the summer especially with our climate. NWS Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Some studies have shown that use of anti-anxiety medications goes up after severe wildfires, she added, and that domestic violence can increase. Mostly cloudy. The opinions expressed in reader comments are those of the author only, and do not reflect the opinions of The Seattle Times. “What struck me, as I was listening to her, the only moisture in Eastern Washington was the tears of people who have lost their homes and mingling with the ashes,” Inslee said. A slight chance of rain in the morning. Fog should not be confused with smoke. Dhammapala advises that while there is no one-size-fits-all solution, it’s best to stay inside and do what you can to filter the indoor air. “It’s getting harder and harder,” Craft said.
From above it looked like a blanket of clouds on the ground.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Light wind becoming southwest to 10 mph in the afternoon. Firefighters are battling roughly 30 fires in Washington and Oregon, according to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center. In the months since, Craft said she’s felt that people with chronic illness have been receiving messages from media and some political leaders that they are expendable during COVID-19. The Elwha dams are gone and chinook are surging back, but why are so few reaching the upper river? Some areas won’t see as much of an improvement as others. Read More >, Local Forecast OfficeMore Local Wx3 Day HistoryMobile WeatherHourly Weather Forecast, Zone Area Forecast for Seattle and Vicinity.
Multiple locations were found. Smoke and fog shrouded the Puget Sound region as fires continued to burn throughout the West Sunday morning, adding a new layer of anxiety and distress to a summer of pandemic, civil unrest and economic decline.
Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
It’s one more thing that we’re losing.”. The time for excuses, for denial, for downplaying this, those days are over,” he said. Some symptoms including cough, sore throat, and difficulty breathing, are common to both wildfire smoke exposure and COVID-19. When the fog lifts later today expect mostly blue skies, the National Weather Service in Seattle said late Thursday morning. However, it may burn off faster on Monday than it did over the weekend. “The lower-income may not have access to filters or things that can clear the home. All of that, manifested in the thick, ominous smoke blanketing the West Coast — on top of a global catastrophe — can have major effects on people’s mental health, in addition to their physical health, experts say. Jane Simoni, professor and director of clinical training in the University of Washington’s Department of Psychology, said things are particularly difficult on mental health right now because of the “syndemic” nature of concurrent, ongoing disasters.
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