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Anyone could assess the smoke situation for Mt Shasta please?

A couple days ago the forecast was good and now it changed again:
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... aA8jD6GPIU

Also the webcam does not look optimistic:
http://www.snowcrest.net/camera/highres.php

I’m particularly interested in the East, North and perhaps West sides of Mt Shasta and above 7,000 feet. My lungs are sensitive to air pollution and would not rather spend hours/days in the altitude if the smoke is smellable.

I was about to come to Shasta today evening and stay for up to a week.

Thank you for any info.

As you know it can go from crap to crystal clear in just one day... so it is a crap shoot clmbr!

Also several times I have seen it look pretty dreary on the webcam and even when I drive up... but once I get above 9000-10000 feet it is clear again... the smoke just settles down below. The views are often just as good as normal when it is doing this. Last time I went up the webcam did not look any better at all. But two days later could see Lassen over the haze. So who knows? I wouldn't cancel a fun trip.

These pics and those in the current conditions thread all taken the same day.

I talked to The Fifth Season and they said the smoke was present (even on higher elevation) and smellable. I decided not to take a risk with my lungs. Thank you though.