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by rwallace 2768 days ago
Particulates – is that smoke from forest fires caused by hot dry weather?
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More or less. The fires are caused mostly by lightening and dry winds (some human caused too) by also contributed to by a lot of fuel from overly wet spring followed by dry hot summer.

A small increase in temperature results in a significant increase in lightening which is the big worry.