My deepest sympathies to all the fellow asthmatic Texans. As thick, tropical-like humidity bears down on Central Texas, it’s come alongside an unwelcomed friend: a dense, hazy smog obscuring the skyline.
Why’s that? Central Texas meteorologists blame that glazed look on a one-two punch of both humidity haze courtesy of rainstorms, as well as the addition of agricultural smoke drifting into the region.
It’s a phenomenon experienced each spring in Texas, according to meteorologist Avery Tomasco with CBS Austin. When the winds are coming in strong from the south, that smoke travels all the way from Mexico, where farmers are clearing and burning their fields ahead of the next crop season. This year, it’s come during an especially toasty and rainy April, where humidity levels are already nearing stew-like thickness and mingling with the smoke to make even denser air coverage…