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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
The rain eliminated any temperature inversion (hotter close to the ground) that helps to dissipate the smog through rising warm air. (this is why smog is often worse in winter) When it rained, the ground became cooler, so the smog was trapped. Since the rain didn't eliminate it all, you saw brown.
Or maybe my ass is particularly loqacious this afternoon.
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Smog here is worst in late summer/early fall. So I stopped reading your theory after your second parenthetical.
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