Looking at current weather reports and I see that the wind is now
where near as high as it was this time yesterday. Great for the fire,
bad for smoke. Air quality in and around the Round Valley should be
really bad throughout the day today and based on the reports you are
getting, looks like that is correct. If people are in that area I
would ask them to cover their mouth and nose with a painters mask,
shirt or something of that nature. Since the winds will be light today
that smoke will be sitting around the valley all day. Some high wind
gust still will be seen in the canyons and valleys up on the mountains
due to diurnal heats (heating from the sun between night and day)
Although there is now way to know exactly what the wind will do unless
you are there. I have attached a picture of the current satellite
image of the area. What we had been seeing is the smoke moving right
out of the area and into NM with the wind. Now it is sitting in the
valley.
