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Wildfires and seeing

Started by heliophile, 06/24/2008 04:17AM
Posted 06/24/2008 04:17AM Opening Post
I am planning to attend the Golden Gate Star Party in Adin (NE Cal). Viewing the most recent satellite images, it looks like the smoke from the fires is travelling over the party site. It is scheduled for July 2-6. Is there anybody in the Redding, CA or Southern Oregon area who can comment about the current seeing conditions.

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Rey
Posted 06/25/2008 01:22AM #1
Reynaldo, From Redding, CA the mid day sun was just a bright spot in the sky on Monday, but on Tuesday, it looked like how the sun would usually look nearer the horizon with smoke or fires in the area. Visibility is about a mile or so. The Shingletown Star Party is also scheduled for the first week of July. There are too many fires in the area for the fire crews to handle, so it looks like the fires will still be a problem in a week or so. A storm passing through to wet things down does not seem too likely, about the best a person can hope for is that the wind might shift from a different direction and clear some smoke out.