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Updated: Jul 14, 2021 11:13 PM
Posted By: Chad Evans
1. Smoke Can Impact Surface Temperature Day & Night It can impact temperature. The smoke acts as a cloud so it may not get as hot because not as much radiation from the sun reaches the surface and that has cascading effects, such as on wind speeds and thunderstorm development.
Depending on how heavy the smoke is, it could alter temperatures from a couple of degrees to maybe 10 degrees lower. I m ballparking it, he said. It just depends on how thick it is, said Nick Nauslar, a graduate research assistant at the Desert Research Institute in Nevada.