Smoke moved into Skagway

[wyobean]

This morning was clear, sunny and beautiful. This afternoon we noticed a haze moving in. Figured it was smoke. About 6:00pm we started smelling it. Visibility has been reduced considerably I am sorry to say. Hoping it is not too bad in Glacier Bay tomorrow. 

[Krazy Kruizers]

Sorry to hear that the smoke from the fires has moved into other areas in Alaska.

 

Hope it doesn't affect too many of your ports.

[Rosmerta]

Please keep us informed.

[Himself]

Sorry to learn of this.

[SilvertoGold]

We saw a bit of blue haze last week.  Hope this will not be too bad!  

Hope your cruise is going well otherwise!

[iwantsomesun]

Yikes. Looks like it might be that way for a bit 😞 http://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/

[ski ww]

Just looking at the Juneau harbour cam & you can see how hazy it is.

[rkacruiser]

Where are the fires that is causing this?

[crystalspin]

I assume the smoke in cruise ports/Glacier Bay would be coming from multi-centered fires on Kenai Peninsula, but there are so many fires currently in Alaska it looks polka-dotted. Including a fairly new one near Talkeena and two in the Wrangell Mtns/Copper River area. The numbers for the year are up to at least 436 (only larger ones on the map). And the heat wave continues.

[rkacruiser]

crystalspin, thanks for the information.  Not encouraging news for one soon to depart for Alaska.  The area around Talkeetna and Denali are areas that I particularly want to visit on this visit.

[crystalspin]

Right, I know! It's awful on many levels.

 

Here is the gateway to that map:

https://www.alaskacenters.gov/trip-planning/stewardship/fires/current

 

Click on "AICC Current Fires Map of Alaska" and click through the couple pop-ups for the map I screen-shot.

 

ETA: clicking on the red fire dot brings up abbreviated data, clicking the right arrow in the little pop-up a few times takes you to a page with full data on individual fire.

Edited July 5, 2019 by crystalspin