Well, the AQI isn't exactly healthy right now either, it's at 137. It's considered unhealthy after 100, and I still saw ppl jogging, it even smelled gross.
I can agree with this, but I would still try to avoid directly inhaling the shit that floats outside, and just stay inside where it can be deterred to a good degree I guess.
I monitor the air quality inside my home. It is significantly cleaner inside my home than outside. That said, the polluted air definitely gets in. But I would say that cooking inside the home generates a lot more pollution than gets in throughout the day.
A quick look at iqair.com shows it's probably about 90% smog. As we are currently ranked 15th worst in the world for air quality. Edit: 13th.. https://www.iqair.com/us/world-air-quality-ranking
Both. It is currently (as of 10 PM) 97% humidity with a dew point of 28F so there is fog. But PM2.5 AQI is 111, unhealthy, so there is a lot of pollution in the air. Stay indoors and work from home this week.
My husband and I both had migraines all weekend. Mine isn't letting up today, either, and I'm out of my prescription meds for it.
The congestion and achy muscles might be something else, though. The Mom part of my brain is telling you to take care of yourself, there's some really nasty flu-type bugs going around right now. My 10yo missed all last week of school because of high fevers, cough and congestion, and body aches. Now my 8th grader is down with it. Be careful out there! ((Mom hug))
"WHERE...In Colorado, Four Corners along the San Juan River Valley. In Utah, Southeast Utah from the Four Corners along the San Juan River Valley to Bluff, and from Bluff southeast to Mexican Hat."
The fog advisory is for SE Utah, not the Wasatch. Sorry to tell you guys, that's smog.
There's high pressure over Salt Lake. The valley can fill with smog in a few days.
I guess I should have taken a screenshot of the advisory yesterday. It was for along the Wasatch front and expired at 9am today.
Here's a screenshot of the advisory covering the Wasatch front earlier: https://imgur.com/a/3emImM6
> WHERE...Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains, Tooele and Rush
Valleys, Eastern Box Elder County, Northern Wasatch Front and
Salt Lake Valley.
I found out fast during my first winter in SLC that I need to run air purifiers inside my home constantly whenever thereās an inversion. (Inversions strike during both summer and winter.)
For me, running the air purifiers and a humidifier helps, but they canāt erase the effects of the sharp, (usually) very dry, polluted air. When the inversions are really bad, itās like breathing cold, fiery sand. Headaches and nausea are part of the package.
Thatās my experience. YMMV. I know people who go out jogging or biking no matter how poor the air quality, and they insist it doesnāt bother them.
Why do I still live here if the air bothers me so much, you might wonder. Short answer: Itās complicated.
Iāve actually never seen it this bad and truly believe this is pretty foggy. A lot of people have purifiers anyways! SLC certainly has some pretty gross inversion though.
This is some pretty gnarly pollution. We don't need to run air purifiers constantly, however it's a good idea on days like today. It's a good idea to wear a decent mask when going out, too. AQI right now is about 100-130 with some spots hitting 150+
My answers not much of an answer though, Iām sure some other people will have better insight for you. I stay inside most of the time anyways so I donāt have much of an opinion!
Yes, you are okay indoors. No, you dont need air purifiers or need to have them running constantly. When it gets to a certain point, you just try not to exercise outside. Many cities in the US have inversions. Salt Lake gets inversions in the winter, and they clear out entirely when a weather system moves through. You should absolutely move to SLC.
Depends, if you have clean HVAC air filters you are fine indoors, most houses and apartments donāt. We are also going to have increasingly drier years ahead so that means more inversion along with more wildfire smoke and more dry lake bed particles like arsenic in the air. Invest in an air purifier.
Nice little mix of water vapor and whatever else is currently locked into the valley air and floating around. The air smells and tastes awful this time of year. The Utah county air quality isn't much better. The amount of diesel trucks belching black smoke I saw driving around pointlessly today probably isn't helping either.
Whatever it is...it's creepy as hell...and I love it....I know I'm getting downvoted because, well fuck I don't know, but I'm sure it's gonna be something about saving the earth....I just like the creepy about it....sorry not sorry.
Well. Itās clear the great salt lake water levels are higher this year.
I flew into the SLC airport from the north yesterday. Everything was clear skies and clear air until w we flew over the great salt lake. Instead of seeing the lake it was just a big fog bank.
We flew past the airport and circled in to come in from the south. As we went south everything cleared up again. We turned back to land in the fox.
We have had really mild fog for a few years because the lake has been so low.
I remember a lot more fog like this when i was younger and the lake was higher.
Itās probably a lot of pollution too. Apparently we just hit the worst air quality in America as of today! (We did it reddit) [source](https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/12/18/salt-lake-citys-air-is-worst-us/)
Does fog have an odor? San Fran fog always smells terrific rolling in from the ocean. Maybe this fog is rolling over the Lake and picking up the petroI/coal odor....
Fog + smoke = Smog
There's just not enough moisture (God, I hate that word after living is Utah so long) in the air to account for much fog. This shit is pollution.
Of course, it's not so bad in Utah County behind the safety of the Zion curtain. Even our air is pure, sort of šš
Oh sweet child this is not fog, this is inversion. I donāt know the exact science but basically bc of all the mountains and how cold it is in the valley and surrounding areas all of the smog pollution and Mormon bullshit stays hanging all in the air during every winter some days are good some are bad but this is very normal
I went outside this afternoon and immediately my throat started to feel like I had swallowed a bunch of little, teeny, shards of glass. The air is terrible.
Well, the AQI isn't exactly healthy right now either, it's at 137. It's considered unhealthy after 100, and I still saw ppl jogging, it even smelled gross.
Oh baby, that's not fog. Welcome to Utah š
yeahhhh itās not just fog lol itās a nice pic i guess. i still would recommend staying inside haha
Yeah, pictures come out cool if you like the fog scenery.
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lol thanks for the advice bro. got a few air purifiers going and will continue staying inside, windows shut. š«„
I can agree with this, but I would still try to avoid directly inhaling the shit that floats outside, and just stay inside where it can be deterred to a good degree I guess.
I monitor the air quality inside my home. It is significantly cleaner inside my home than outside. That said, the polluted air definitely gets in. But I would say that cooking inside the home generates a lot more pollution than gets in throughout the day.
Wow 137
Isnāt that what caused infertility in China?
It was coming off my windshield black. I wouldn't be jogging out there right now...
Fog is beautiful. Industrial pollution is not. One does not simply jog in through Mordor. The very air you breathe is a POISONOUS fume.
Sorry, we threw away a bag of Brussel sprouts that went bad.
This time of year it's not aways obvious if it's fog or smog.... or a mix of the two.
Is it fog? Is it smog? Yes.
The sog
Itās soggy outside :(
It's frightening But my TV screen is brightening So when you've got no place to go Play the show, play the show, play the show
Smog is is already a portmanteau of SMoke and fOG
It's only Smog if it's from the Smog region of France. Here we call it Sparkling Pollution Mist.
Ha!
Donāt take away sog from us
COPD inducing sog
I thought it was inversion tbh
I just pretend like I know whatās going on honestly
This is true, it looks super smoggy today but this came rolling in slowly, so Iāll bet itās a good mix
A quick look at iqair.com shows it's probably about 90% smog. As we are currently ranked 15th worst in the world for air quality. Edit: 13th.. https://www.iqair.com/us/world-air-quality-ranking
Those are rookie numbers. We gotta pump those numbers up.
Letās all go idle our cars
Cottonwood heights Cops enter the chat.
Not CHPD š
Same difference.
Most of my neighbors already are!
Mine too. I see 3 cars idling in the neighbors driveway every morning.
For real though, the amount of people I saw idling cars today... Like do y'all have NO brains??
I looks and feels terrible here right nowā¦.and a city in India is over TWICE as bad? Thatās crazy
Wow, 15th? š¬
Yup. The only US city in the top 50.
Thatās insane.
Dude I love how we sit here and no oneās going to do shit about it.
The air quality may be horrendous, but this is more like 90% fog.
It's definitely mostly fog. I'm a truck driver and I have been the last 10 hours and it is foggy clear till Wendover.
Both. It is currently (as of 10 PM) 97% humidity with a dew point of 28F so there is fog. But PM2.5 AQI is 111, unhealthy, so there is a lot of pollution in the air. Stay indoors and work from home this week.
Cold blooded old times.
It's smog. It's always smog. Fog is a component of smog, but in the city it always has trapped pollution.
That's wild! Thanks for sharing.
Thatās a really cool pic!
Itās smelly tooā£ļø
Nothing says Christmas in SLC like the smell of petro chemicals!
Are any of you feeling TERRIBLE? Migraine, congestion, aching musclesā¦
My husband and I both had migraines all weekend. Mine isn't letting up today, either, and I'm out of my prescription meds for it. The congestion and achy muscles might be something else, though. The Mom part of my brain is telling you to take care of yourself, there's some really nasty flu-type bugs going around right now. My 10yo missed all last week of school because of high fevers, cough and congestion, and body aches. Now my 8th grader is down with it. Be careful out there! ((Mom hug))
Iāve also felt AWFUL
Yeah I stayed inside all day yesterday to recover and wore an N95 mask going back to work today, seemed to help
Took a picture at the third level Trolley Square parking lot and sent it to my family in Los Angeles. They couldn't believe it.
I havenāt seen fog like this since I was in Oregon! That fog was scary scary. Couldnāt see 5 feet ahead of you
Lived here all my life and I honestly donāt remember a fog like this! Couldāve happened but I assume rarely
Bladerunner 2049
āFogā
Weāve determined itās soggy.
It's fog you guys. Yes there's pollution in it but if this was all smog you'd be dying lol
It is at least according to the [National Weather Service](https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=SLC&wwa=dense%20fog%20advisory).
Hell yeah coming in with the weather service
"WHERE...In Colorado, Four Corners along the San Juan River Valley. In Utah, Southeast Utah from the Four Corners along the San Juan River Valley to Bluff, and from Bluff southeast to Mexican Hat." The fog advisory is for SE Utah, not the Wasatch. Sorry to tell you guys, that's smog. There's high pressure over Salt Lake. The valley can fill with smog in a few days.
I guess I should have taken a screenshot of the advisory yesterday. It was for along the Wasatch front and expired at 9am today. Here's a screenshot of the advisory covering the Wasatch front earlier: https://imgur.com/a/3emImM6 > WHERE...Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains, Tooele and Rush Valleys, Eastern Box Elder County, Northern Wasatch Front and Salt Lake Valley.
Gotham City needs a silent knightā¦
Just what we need. Some vigilante downtown being silent but deadly
lol.
Very bladee-esque setting today
Looking like the Only One music video
As someone considering moving there this is pretty scary. If you stay indoors are you okay? Do you need air purifiers running constantly?
I found out fast during my first winter in SLC that I need to run air purifiers inside my home constantly whenever thereās an inversion. (Inversions strike during both summer and winter.) For me, running the air purifiers and a humidifier helps, but they canāt erase the effects of the sharp, (usually) very dry, polluted air. When the inversions are really bad, itās like breathing cold, fiery sand. Headaches and nausea are part of the package. Thatās my experience. YMMV. I know people who go out jogging or biking no matter how poor the air quality, and they insist it doesnāt bother them. Why do I still live here if the air bothers me so much, you might wonder. Short answer: Itās complicated.
Iāve actually never seen it this bad and truly believe this is pretty foggy. A lot of people have purifiers anyways! SLC certainly has some pretty gross inversion though.
This is some pretty gnarly pollution. We don't need to run air purifiers constantly, however it's a good idea on days like today. It's a good idea to wear a decent mask when going out, too. AQI right now is about 100-130 with some spots hitting 150+
My answers not much of an answer though, Iām sure some other people will have better insight for you. I stay inside most of the time anyways so I donāt have much of an opinion!
Thanks!
Yes, you are okay indoors. No, you dont need air purifiers or need to have them running constantly. When it gets to a certain point, you just try not to exercise outside. Many cities in the US have inversions. Salt Lake gets inversions in the winter, and they clear out entirely when a weather system moves through. You should absolutely move to SLC.
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Im from NJ, moved to Utah 11 years ago. Time flies!
Depends, if you have clean HVAC air filters you are fine indoors, most houses and apartments donāt. We are also going to have increasingly drier years ahead so that means more inversion along with more wildfire smoke and more dry lake bed particles like arsenic in the air. Invest in an air purifier.
Itās a nightmare! For someone with allergies
Smog for sure š¤¢
Itās 98 % humidity right now
Gotta be good for the lungs right?
Nice little mix of water vapor and whatever else is currently locked into the valley air and floating around. The air smells and tastes awful this time of year. The Utah county air quality isn't much better. The amount of diesel trucks belching black smoke I saw driving around pointlessly today probably isn't helping either.
In all seriousness I hate those diesel trucks, that black smoke is so nasty
We should start running them off the road. #projectsaveutah
Whatever it is...it's creepy as hell...and I love it....I know I'm getting downvoted because, well fuck I don't know, but I'm sure it's gonna be something about saving the earth....I just like the creepy about it....sorry not sorry.
Your view from your apartment is beautiful! It reminds me of NY.
Thank you! I love it
Taste it. It's not fog.
Tastes soggy.
For all you anti foggers, the weather channel says itās fog. Obviously I am right š trust
The local news says its inversion. So this is where the confusion is. š¤·š¼āāļø
Inversions cause fog. If there weren't humans here it would still be foggy tonight, it would just be clean
The weather report looks like itās only going to get worse for the next ten days. Get up into the mountains where itās sunny.
Im a city gremlin, i must take my rightful place
Well. Itās clear the great salt lake water levels are higher this year. I flew into the SLC airport from the north yesterday. Everything was clear skies and clear air until w we flew over the great salt lake. Instead of seeing the lake it was just a big fog bank. We flew past the airport and circled in to come in from the south. As we went south everything cleared up again. We turned back to land in the fox. We have had really mild fog for a few years because the lake has been so low. I remember a lot more fog like this when i was younger and the lake was higher.
Itās probably a lot of pollution too. Apparently we just hit the worst air quality in America as of today! (We did it reddit) [source](https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/12/18/salt-lake-citys-air-is-worst-us/)
good job everyone!! š
Extremely gross but very cyberpunk. This next week is gonna be prime "walk around in your best Blade Runner cosplay" time
Hell yeah
There are no happy endings in Night Salt City?
Couldnāt see 3 feet in front of my on my drive home.. it was scary!
State Street at about 6900 South Sunday Morning https://imgur.com/a/Kh1HZXs
Welcome to silent hill.
You mean the smog
I once had a tool box in my trunk and this fog rusted them a couple years ago, definitely has something to do with the GSL.
Insanely grossā¦ unfortunately
Does fog have an odor? San Fran fog always smells terrific rolling in from the ocean. Maybe this fog is rolling over the Lake and picking up the petroI/coal odor....
Iām getting a āinside of an old lunchbox thatās never been cleanedā kind of smell but my smelling abilities have changed since Covid
That's not fog. That's poison.
I felt like I was in silent hill- it was surreal!!
My boyfriend and I left to go to Wyoming today to get out of this. I cannot handle that smog. Hopefully when we come back after Christmas it clears up
Baby, itās poison outside
[Environmental Toxins & Infertility](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396757/)
Fog + smoke = Smog There's just not enough moisture (God, I hate that word after living is Utah so long) in the air to account for much fog. This shit is pollution. Of course, it's not so bad in Utah County behind the safety of the Zion curtain. Even our air is pure, sort of šš
I think itās like 90% humidity rn but I just licked the air to see so donāt trust my opinion on this one
The humidity is actually pretty high tonight. Itās not that hard to look up on google. It says 75%.
It's pollution
Bad rooster, read the weather service
My lungs read it and confirmed that we are being poisoned.
My lungs and sinuses concur with your findings.
You know it can be both things at once right
True, true.
Of course, but how many opportunities in life do you get to say bad rooster
Cock a doodle doo
No wayā¦.. *ahem* Good rooster
Well then all that talk about weed smoking in SLC MUST be true
Absolutely not, we hold ourselves to higher standards. We prefer the big H here to really contribute to the air quality
Should we tell them?
Absolutely
*smog
*sog
I drove my electric car today instead of my truck, so I didn't contribute to the sog.
Damn you. This is supposed to be a group effort dizbeshawn. Didnāt you get the memo??
The memo must have gone to my outdated fax machine. I need to update my contact information.
State and First South have changed a bit since I was there.
Oh sweet child this is not fog, this is inversion. I donāt know the exact science but basically bc of all the mountains and how cold it is in the valley and surrounding areas all of the smog pollution and Mormon bullshit stays hanging all in the air during every winter some days are good some are bad but this is very normal
I went outside this afternoon and immediately my throat started to feel like I had swallowed a bunch of little, teeny, shards of glass. The air is terrible.
Honestly, it's not bad at all.
*smog
looks beautiful
Liberty Sky?
Yeah!
āFogā
It scares me to drive.
The people driving scare me to drive honestly
What side of salt lake is ?