Both the temperature and dewpoint have dropped, from a high of 27°C/23°C just past midnight yesterday to 22°C/19°C just now. The dewpoint should continue dropping for the next day even as the temperature rises tomorrow afternoon, so we're looking forward to a really lovely weekend and sleeping with the windows open for the first time in almost two weeks.
Now the downside. The same weather system that brought cool and dry north winds also brought yellow and gross Canadian wildfire smoke, giving Chicago the worst air quality (AQI 197 right now) in the country:
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has rolled into the Chicago area, and AccuWeather has rated Chicago’s air quality as the worst in the world on Thursday as a result, according to a news release.
The city put out an air quality alert, noting the air quality “is at an unhealthy level.”
The city’s air quality could “vary by day over the weekend,” according to a health department news release.
I can attest that the air has an unpleasant flavor right now.
I've also been slammed at work from turning on my laptop until a few minutes ago, so I'm finally going to take Cassie on her "lunchtime" walk.
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