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Here's where the Moss Landing Battery Plant fire smoke will be worst
The worst of the smoke is in Moss Landing itself, 37 miles south of San Jose. Alongside the evacuation order, local officials encouraged residents to close windows and doors, shut off ventilation systems and stay inside.
Meteorologist Rachel Kennedy, from the San Francisco office of the National Weather Service, which is physically based in Monterey, told SFGATE that light winds Thursday night and Friday morning had kept smoke fairly stagnant in the Moss Landing area. What winds there were pushed some smoke westward over Monterey Bay and as far as the Santa Cruz coastline, she said.
But those weather patterns are set to change on Friday afternoon, meaning smoke could reach some inland Central Coast communities as the fire smolders, she continued. With the forecast showing westerly winds, smoke could move over Prunedale and the Elkhorn Slough Reserve — and even potentially travel north of Hollister.
Friday afternoon’s weather will also be “a little windier,” Kennedy added, with gusts peaking at 10 to 15 mph. “That’s part of the reason why we might see dispersal over a slightly larger area,” she said.
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https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/moss-landing-fire-smoke-forecast-20041361.php