Last night, the sunset here in Michigan was amazing - colors like I've never seen. Pink skies, turning to blazing yellow and oranges. A friend of mine said it was due to the fires in California. Could this be true? Could the fires all the way in CA affect the colors in a Michigan sunset?
2007-10-24 01:30:34 · 2 answers · asked by Cyn 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
It is unlikely at this point. The high pressure system that has been responsible for the Santa Ana winds have been blowing the smoke from the fires westward out into the Pacific.
Also, the upper level flow has the southern half of the U.S. basically cut off from the northern half right now with a northwest
flow at surface in your area. The air trajectories indicate that the air currently in Michigan is from Canada at the moment.
There has not been enough time for the smoke to have mixed around the world and that would only happen if it was raised to great heights, which I am sure some has but not to great quantities such as with a volcanic eruption.
If the low level flow off the fires had a different direction towards the Midwest, yes, it is possible. During the fires of several years ago, you could actually smell the smoke in the air even though I was in western Texas and nearly 1000 miles away.
2007-10-24 03:19:39 · answer #1 · answered by Water 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The smoke must have traveled completely around the world to cause that, since the winds were blowing the smoke away from the United States, or it could have made a long 180 turn and came through an area, then to Michigan.
2007-10-24 01:36:31 · answer #2 · answered by trey98607 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋