We had a brief rain sprinkle this evening part of a passing thunderstorm. There was a little yard waste burning ahead of the rain. This happens often in North St. Paul. The burners see the rain approaching and hurry up and burn their yard waste as it approaches.
5:00 PM: No smoke. Sunny, 87 degrees with storm clouds heading into the Twin Cities.
5:27 PM: Faint grass and what smells like wood smoke blowing in on the breeze at this time. It did not last long, not more than a few minutes. It is now cloudy with rain clouds overhead. The TV weather forecast calls for rain soon. Some yard waste burner probably saw the forecast and ran outside to burn some yard waste before the rain comes.
5:35 PM: No smoke. Fresh air.
6:15 PM: No smoke. There is a little thunder at around this time. No rain yet.
6:50 PM: No smoke.
7:30 PM: No smoke. It rained briefly prior between the last air quality check and now. The grass and pavement are all wet.
7:45 PM: No smoke. The sun is shining again.
9:00 PM: No smoke.
10:00 PM: No smoke.
I woke before midnight and the air was fresh and clear. Other than the little yard waste burning earlier, there was no smoke in the air this night. It did not rain much but it was enough to make the grass wet and could have discouraged the burning that would have happened normally from occurring. We will take fresh air any way we can get it in this town!