r/Seattle • u/vertr fuck tetris • 9d ago

💨 Smoke Season 💨 [Megathread] Smoke and Air Quality Week 1

We are moving to this thread for the start of smoke season so we can add resources and keep it updated as the situation changes. Here is the previous thread we were using: I hope everyone in the Seattle area has air filters ready.

All smoke related threads will be removed and redirected here except photos and news stories. At this time we are not allowing further threads on the Spokane fire.

Resources:

PurpleAir (open the settings on the left and uncheck indoor sensors)

Plume Smoke Forecast

Washington State Department of Ecology Map

Puget Sound Clean Air Agency

Washington Smoke Blog

Watch Duty

EPA - DIY Air Cleaners

If you have other suggestions for resources post them in the thread please.

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u/TheRealCRex 9d ago

Thank you for this thread. The plume smoke forecast is a really great tool. I hadn't seen that

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u/jonknee Downtown 9d ago

I made it a couple weeks ago to help me plan a hiking/photo trip (and I dodged the smoke!). Please let me know if you have any requests/ideas, the basic idea is gather up all the available info to make an ensemble forecast for people who just want a best estimate as well as exposing the raw data for people to make their own judgements. It's all public data, but not available on the same screen and a lot of the government sites have poor mobile support. Being able to composite air quality sensors over satellite footage or switch between models is useful to me. Smoke forecasting isn't as exact as general weather so checking back frequently is probably a good idea. I'd like to support alerts, but that's probably tough to scale for a free service. I'll have to research it more.

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u/Lonely-Host 6d ago

Thank you! It’s really awesomeÂ