It’s another smoky and warm afternoon and evening with air quality alerts still in place for much of Western Washington. While the air quality will be a little better generally northwest of the Seattle area tonight through Thursday, improvement in the conditions will take time.
Air will still be unhealthy nearer the Cascades and in the south Sound and south interior through tonight, and very unhealthy to hazardous air in and east of the Cascades into Thursday.
Thursday will be another Pinpoint Alert day with slowly improving air quality conditions in Western Washington, though truly fresh air will take a few days to take hold. It will also be warmer on Thursday with highs in many locations around the Sound in the 80s with some temperatures possibly near 90° south of Puget Sound.
On Friday, it will be a touch cooler in Western Washington with some fresher air. However, it will become breezy again in central Washington as westerly winds take hold with low humidity, increasing the danger of fire spread once again.
Over the weekend, highs in Western Washington will be in the 70s and 80s with mostly sunny skies, and it will remain breezy east of the Cascades. This pattern could continue into early next week.