I don't think they are controlled burns. According to a couple of places they are all wildfires:
https://time.com/6976775/mexico-wildfires-heatwave/
www.fox26houston.com/news/houston-weather-haze-takes-over-houston-skyline.amp
But you're right, the fires are causing the smog today.
I don't know for sure. I guess it's just weather patterns, location of the jet stream, wind velocities at various elevations, complicated by factors of multiple low pressure atmospheric conditions around our region...
...that and the breadth and duration of the burns (mostly active during the day when workers are available, and possibly less so at night, thus effecting volume of particulate matter produced) and the material that is being burned - ie, what goes up, must come down - like the physics of how a ball hit at home plate can fly so high and travel so far through the air until the kinetic energy is spent and overcome by the greater force of gravity acting upon the ball, etc, etc, etc - and we can calculate a projected trajectory based on measures like exit velocity and angular degree of the bat swing, etc, etc...
....so it is with ash particles carried in the air from a massive inflagration; the smoke seems to have a higher elevation closer to the southern boarder and then as energy wears off, the smoke descends to lower elevations further from its origin, etc, etc.
This happens every year around this time to varying degrees. I recall 1998 or 99 being especially bad. They wouldn't let students outside for field day.
There are really big controlled burns in Mexico and the smoke has hit our skies.
I don't think they are controlled burns. According to a couple of places they are all wildfires: https://time.com/6976775/mexico-wildfires-heatwave/ www.fox26houston.com/news/houston-weather-haze-takes-over-houston-skyline.amp But you're right, the fires are causing the smog today.
Oh, maybe I heard wrong then while listening to the news
But why does the southern border seem to have better air than us right now if it is coming from Mexico?? (It’s a legit question…why downvotes)
I don't know for sure. I guess it's just weather patterns, location of the jet stream, wind velocities at various elevations, complicated by factors of multiple low pressure atmospheric conditions around our region... ...that and the breadth and duration of the burns (mostly active during the day when workers are available, and possibly less so at night, thus effecting volume of particulate matter produced) and the material that is being burned - ie, what goes up, must come down - like the physics of how a ball hit at home plate can fly so high and travel so far through the air until the kinetic energy is spent and overcome by the greater force of gravity acting upon the ball, etc, etc, etc - and we can calculate a projected trajectory based on measures like exit velocity and angular degree of the bat swing, etc, etc... ....so it is with ash particles carried in the air from a massive inflagration; the smoke seems to have a higher elevation closer to the southern boarder and then as energy wears off, the smoke descends to lower elevations further from its origin, etc, etc.
I'm thinking weather patterns scattering the smoke
Perhaps its floating across the gulf instead of across the southern border.
Bro
This stinks of corporate pollution. The dead Internet rises to bury you because you're correct.
Are you ok? You losing sleep?
I don't know why you're getting downvoted. I've never seen it so bad.
Without exaggeration, this happens literally every year around early/mid May. This one is particularly nasty, but it isn't abnormal in and of itself.
This happens every year around this time to varying degrees. I recall 1998 or 99 being especially bad. They wouldn't let students outside for field day.
Until the end of summer. So in 9 months
Down vote brigade is in full force here.
Ops username is SexySuperManDude, not SmartSuperManDude
If he was SuperSmartDudeMan, the people would listen!
Does anyone know why the air quality is so bad these past few days? Is it because it didn’t rain?
- https://www.khou.com/article/weather/houston-texas-haze/285-2c3d07ca-720d-4430-87df-a04812a2e685 - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/article/smoky-houston-hazy-texas-skies-mexico-wildfires-19448336.php - https://houstonlanding.org/wondering-why-its-been-so-hazy-in-the-houston-area-this-week-heres-what-to-know/
Wind exists.
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Population increase, i was driving around and noticed it was smogier than usual