It has been sprinkling a LOT at my place for the last week, so my air is comparatively clean, and my predominate winds have been almost directly from the south.
Maybe there is lots of smoke above the cloud level here, My nose is pretty sensitive to smoke... I catch an occasional whiff, but mostly I blame it on the campground a mile away. Lots of Deer & Elk hunters out... But I have been surprised at how little there is. Quien Sabe.
It may be that most of the smoke is aloft. If you look at the smoke map now it’s a lot worse than yesterday and for all of N. America not just NM.
Yesterday was clear where I am but today it’s at the highest level. Or at least the highest current level 3rd darkest on the map. I can see it distinctly between here and a mountain a 1/4 mile away but I can’t smell anything.
I have noticed over the years that it has to be very thick or from a fire fairly close (200 miles or less) to smell it. If it has traveled 700 miles from CA yet is thick enough to give me a headache and make me short of breath it still doesn’t have a smell. I think the odor component drops out with the heavier smoke particles.
Pero, quien sabe?