Friday Smoke Snapshot
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Wildfire smoke over Washington as seen from the GOES-West satellite Friday afternoon. |
To learn more or find out if there’s an Air Quality Advisory in place for your location, check with your local clean air agency. Air Quality Advisories may be put in place, removed, or extended at any time.
For Air Quality Advisories on Reservations in Washington, visit: https://www.epa.gov/farr/burn-bans-indian-reservations-id-or-and-wa
A closer look at some of the monitors in the state:
As smoke moved north and west from Idaho and Oregon, Seattle saw a shift from Good to Moderate conditions Thursday continuing through Friday.
Eventually, westerly winds will push cleaner air onshore. This will be a gradual process, and widespread Moderate air quality will likely persist into Sunday night or early Monday for western Washington. Smoke impacts may worsen east of the Cascades Sunday through Monday morning with some locations seeing AQI rise into the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range, mainly across southern Washington. Northern Washington should remain Good to Moderate. Eventually, air quality is expected to improve statewide Monday afternoon into Tuesday.
We are still expecting isolated thunderstorms to develop over the Cascades this weekend. Any new lightning-induced starts may bring new local air quality issues.