More late night burning in North St. Paul. I don't know who is doing it as no one around us is burning, but someone likes to start burning late this year, usually after 11 PM when recreational burning is no longer allowed. People don't follow the rules and they are not going to. The city of North St. Paul has published warnings about illegal yard waste burning in the city newsletter the past three years with no effect on the amount of yard waste burning. As long as the city allows burning, people are going to be burning anything they can get their hands on at all hours of the night.
6:00 PM: No smoke. 84 degrees, sunny, and windy.
9:45 PM: No smoke. Fresh air! There has been no yard waste or wood burning up to this point.
10:30 PM: The air is not fresh at this time. There is a trace amount of something in it.
11:45 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke coming in on the wind. Someone has a bonfire going late. Still breezy at this time. The smoke can be smelled more from the front of the house than in the back.