The smoky skies of late have made for very red sunrises and sunsets. The featured picture is from the Sigourney, IA webcam from Monday morning showing the redish haze and circular/dulled sun rise. The ongoing drought situation out west has led to an active start to the fire weather season and thus increased smoke concentrations to the east as prevailing winds aloft move the smoke our direction. A number of news stories have been written about the degraded air quality due to all the smoke and unfortunately it seems like things could get worse before they get any better this year.

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