With the 4th of July weekend upon us, we are preparing for a brutal assault of wood smoke in North St. Paul. At least it will be warm enough to justify running the air conditioning.
6:20 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is blowing in on the wind. It could be from grilling. It did not last more than a few minutes, not worth noting. 87 degrees, sunny, and windy.
There was no wood smoke this evening. We witnessed a miracle. I cannot explain the lack of wood smoke on the Friday of a holiday weekend. It was a little windy and a little warm, but I do not think it was windy or warm enough to discourage bonfires. The air was not fresh. There was a charcoal grill odor for a while and a little sulfur smell in the air later. The wind was coming out of the south and that sulfur odor could have been from the Berwald Roofing company on the other side of Highway 36. But there was no wood smoke. I last checked the air at 2 AM and there was no smoke.