This city is a smoky hell of a nightmare once more! We made it five consecutive days without any wood smoke, a record for the city of North Saint Paul, Minnesota. High humidity and warm temperatures discouraged bonfire burning this past Monday and Tuesday. It rained heavily on Wednesday. Thursday was a miracle without wood smoke and last Sunday could count as a miracle as well. Wood smoke returns with a vengeance tonight!
6:00 PM: No wood smoke. 84 degrees. The windows are open. We are debating shutting them and turning on the air conditioning. A long stretch without wood smoke means tonight will be smoky as hell.
7:00 PM: No smoke.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
8:15 PM: Strong wood and grass smoke! It is smoky as hell outside! Close the windows and turn on the air conditioning. People are burning wood, brush, and yard waste. We are now paying the price for enjoying a stretch of fresh air! It will be smoky as hell all night long. The city of North St. Paul is hell on earth! Thanks for the polluted air Jan Walczak and Bob Bruton. You are evil for making us breathe this heavily polluted air! 79 degrees. An otherwise beautiful summer evening is ruined by smoke from the burning of wood and yard waste. As usual!
8:35 PM: Moderate wood and yard waste smoke continues.
9:15 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues. Moderately strong wood smoke in the back yard and light wood smoke in the front.
10:30 PM: Light wood smoke.
11:25 PM: Faint to light wood smoke.
The wood smoke continued well after midnight. At 8 AM the next morning a very faint trace of smoldering wood smoke could be smelled in the air.