Fire
Given the low humidities and high winds, fire
activity will increase today.
Smoke
The local weather pattern looks to hold throughout
the weekend. Northeast/downslope winds
in the overnight hours and north/upslope winds during the day. The numerous small fires in the area are
leading to a general haze that has been building over the last few days.
Smoke can be expected to move towards the south/southeast
in the afternoon. In the evening the
smoke will drain down the valley of the North Umpqua River valley toward Glide. Smoke for these fires is not expected to
reach as far as Roseburg.
Tourists at Crater Lake National Park will be able
to view and smell smoke. Visitors should check for road closures and other
announcements ahead of time. Visitors
can check https://www.nps.gov/crla/planyourvisit/conditions.htm for updates.
|
|||||
Air
Quality Outlook
|
|||||
Sites with air quality monitors
|
|||||
Site
|
Friday
August 18, 2017
|
Saturday
August 19, 2017
|
Sunday
August 20, 2017
|
Notes for Saturday’s forecast
|
|
Roseburg
|
Moderate
|
Moderate
|
Moderate
|
||
Glyde/Idleyld Park
|
Moderate*
|
Moderate*
|
Moderate*
|
||
Steamboat/ Toketee Falls
|
USG*
|
USG*
|
USG*
|
||
Diamond Lake
|
Moderate*
|
Moderate*
|
Moderate*
|
||
Crater Lake NP (visitor center)
|
Unhealthy
|
Unhealthy
|
USG
|
||
Disclaimer: Conditions may change quickly. These
predictions are based on anticipated weather and fire activity. AQI estimates
for sites do not represent a full 24-hour time period. Instead they reflect a period of time
within the day where smoke impacts would be greatest.
* = no monitor on site
|
|||||
AQI Index
|
Actions to Protect Yourself
|
||||
Good
|
None
|
||||
Moderate
|
Unusually sensitive people should
consider reducing prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion.
|
||||
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups*- USG
|
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
|
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
|
Everyone
should avoid any outdoor exertion; people with respiratory or heart disease,
the elderly and children should remain indoors.
|
||||
Hazardous
|
The following groups should remain
indoors and keep activity levels low: People with heart or lung disease;
children and older adults. Everyone else should avoid prolonged or heavy
exertion
|
||||
Info
on how to use visibility to estimate health impacts from wildfire smoke
|
Info on wildfire smoke and your health
|
|
Oregon Smoke
Blog:
Oregon Dept of Environmental
Quality
Blanket Creek Fire Information
|
|
|