Heavy smoke from last night's burning lasted well into the morning hours. Then we had more wood smoke this evening. This is how you can expect to live if you make the mistake of buying a house in North St. Paul, MN. It's been like this for years and there is no end in sight.
12:15 AM: Strong wood smoke continues.
1:00 AM: Moderate to strong wood smoke. The smoke pollution is finally waning.
2:45 AM: Faint to light wood smoke.
5:00 AM: Light wood smoke.
A very faint smoldering smokiness lingered in the air most of the morning.
1:35 PM: A faint wood smoke is coming in on the wind and lasted for a few hours.
4:15 PM: Very faint wood smoke continues.
5:20 PM: Very faint wood smoke coming in on the breeze out of the south.
6:15 PM: A faint smoke of some type is in the air. 75 degrees, sunny, and beautiful if not for the smoke pollution in the air.
7:25 PM: Very faint to faint smoke of some undetermined type.
8:38 PM: Faint wood smoke. The nightly bonfires are starting.
9:00 PM: Light wood smoke. Wood smoke is getting heavier.
9:10 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. Heavier still.
9:38 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke and possibly grass smoke. The smoke smells strange. Nobody around us is burning.
11:00 PM: No smoke. I can't explain the absence of the wood smoke pollution. But I'm glad it is gone for now.
There was no more wood smoke for the rest of the night.