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36 Pit Fire Air Quality Report - 9/17/14

36 Pit Fire
Air Quality Report and Outlook for 9/17/14
Low pressure off the N. California coast is generating a moist flow from the south over most of western Oregon.  The cloudy conditions and higher humidities are enabling firefighters to attack the fire aggressively today while decreasing overall smoke production. This pattern will continue through Thursday, then Friday will see a transition to a drier, offshore flow for the weekend.  While some smoke may move into the area from fires in southern Oregon and northern California, air quality in northeastern Oregon is expected to be reasonably good into Friday.
36 Pit Fire Report (prepared by Mike Broughton, Air Resource Advisor)­­­­­

Air Quality Outlook (Particulate Matter less than 2.5 µm in diameter)

Site
Wednesday Afternoon
Sep 17, 2014
Wednesday Evening
Sep 17, 2014
Thursday
Sep 18, 2014
Friday Outlook
Sep 19, 2014
Estacada
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate AM
Good PM
Good
Hwy 26 Corridor
(Sandy to Rhododendron)
Moderate
Moderate
Good
Good
Molalla
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate AM
Good PM
Moderate



  

AQI Index (µg/m3)
Potential Health Impacts
Actions to Protect Yourself
Good (0-12)
Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.
None

Moderate (13-35)
Air quality is acceptable for most. There may be moderate health concern for a small number of sensitive people.
Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion.
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (36-55)
Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.
People with heart or lung disease, children and older adults should reduce prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion.  Everyone else should limit prolonged or heavy exertion.
Unhealthy
(56-150)
Everyone may begin to experience more serious health effects.
The following groups should avoid all physical outdoor activity: People with heart or lung disease, children and older adults.  Everyone else should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion.
Very Unhealthy
(151-250)
Triggers a health alert, meaning everyone may experience more serious health effects
Everyone should avoid any outdoor exertion; people with respiratory or heart disease, the elderly and children should remain indoors.
For more information see the Oregon Smoke blog: http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com

Air Quality data can be viewed at: http://www.deq.state.or.us/aqi/index.aspx