It is hard to find a comfortable place to work or play with the outdoor daytime temperatures in the high 70′s and the air filled with thick smoke from wildfires. I keep the house/studio closed with windows and doors shut and it becomes suffocating, open them and the rooms fill with harsh, smoky air. This will be our weather as long as the high pressure stays. Only seven of the more than sixty wildfires are being fought the others will eventually burn out, so the smoke will be around for awhile. Such are the woes of a warm summer in Alaska.
Gail Niebrugge, landscape artist
It is very frustrating, hopefully it will end soon. We have some clouds today – that could help.
By the way, it is high pressure (not low) that is giving us this weather.
Thanks, I knew it was high pressure but its a memory thing for us oldsters. That’s why we have you youngsters to keep us straightened out! Love, Mom