It's another day of air pollution in North St. Paul, MN.
4:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. A few minutes prior to this time I was taking a shower when I noticed the smell of wood smoke. I didn't think there was any chance of wood smoke this early. I should have known better. I opened the shower door to find the bathroom smelling like burning wood. I jumped out of the shower dripping wet and ran around the house closing the windows. I left wet foot prints on the carpeting. This is not the first time I have had to jump out of the shower dripping wet to close the windows because somebody was burning wood.
The rest of the house didn't smell like wood smoke. The bathroom exhaust fan sucked in the smoky air. After toweling dry and dressing I stepped outside. I could smell wood smoke on the air, but nobody around me was burning. Taking no chances, I'll leave the windows closed for the duration of the evening.
5:00 PM: Faint wood smoke continues. It's breezy. Must be a distant burner.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke.
6:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke where I am. Breezy. Wind appears to be blowing south.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke. Cloudy, 70 degrees.
There was no wood smoke for the rest of the evening.