Inciweb: Air Quality Update -- September 10, 2013 (Rim Fire Wildfire): Air Quality Report Tuesday September 10 2013 Rim Fire Stanislaus National Forest Yesterday September 9 2013 The Rim Fire burned approximately 1 700 acres mostly within the containment lines. It is currently 254 685 acres. Light westerly transport winds pushed smoke toward the Sierra crest where it met east to northeasterly flows from the Great Basin. This kept the smoke from the Rim fire trapped on the west slope of the Sierras until evening when easterly winds again carried it downslope into the foothills and San Joaquin Valley. Tuesday September 10 2013 Easterly winds pushed smoke from the Rim fire into the San Joaquin Valley overnight. Light morning smoke is spread throughout the region as far south as Bakersfield with the heaviest impacts in Groveland Greeley Hill El Portal and Tuolumne Meadows. As the inversion breaks and smoke begins to mix into the atmosphere foothill and San Joaquin Valley communities are likely see impacts increase for a few hours before clearing this... goo.gl/x9HTvC
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:39:13 +0000
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