Mrs Stocker & I went past Whiskeytown late this afternoon and it was incredibly smoky -- couldn't see across the lake until we got to the upper end. 116* when we came through Redding...
No telling about August, but today was the hottest for now and it's supposed to be in the high nineties by the middle of next week. And yeah, Nate will be happy to tell you when the smoke will clear...