10/04/12 Wildfire Smoke Forecast 0800 PDT

10-04-12 Air Monitor Update 0800 PDT

Central Region Ecology Air Quality Report   Chelan County: Wenatchee- Unhealthy Leavenworth-  Moderate Chelan-Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Okanogan County: Omak - Moderate Winthrop – Moderate Twisp-   Moderate Kittitas County: Ellensburg- Moderate Yakima County: Yakima- Good White Swan- Good Toppenish- Good Klickitat County: Goldendale- Good Eastern Region Ecology Air Quality Report Blue Mt. Area Clarkston  -  unhealthy for sensitive groups Dayton  -  moderate Walla Walla  -  good Palouse Area Pullman  -  good Rosalia  -  good LaCrosse  -  good Northeast Colville  -  good Wellpinit  -  good

Central Washington Air Quality Report from Forest Service Temporary Monitor Locations System interruptions, no report Eastern cont., Ecology Air Quality Report Columbia Basin Kennewick  -  good Mesa  - good  Moses Lake  - good Ritzville  - good  Spokane Area Spokane, - good Liberty Lake - good

Another very useful webpage for a grab hourly and 24 hour data, Puget Sound Clean Air and their air quality tool: http://airgraphing.pscleanair.org/

10-04-12 Smoke Forecast 0800 PDT

Air Quality forecast, 6AM Wednesday 4 October 2012 Issued by Clint Bowman, Washington State Dept. of Ecology

Except for a few locations air quality remained good across eastern Washington through the night.  Wenatchee is currently in the unhealthy range; Omak and Clarkston have been high during the night but have dropped in the past few hours.

Winds have decreased in most locations and will be mostly light along the east slopes of the cascades allowing smoke to accumulate. Elsewhere in eastern Washington northerly winds in the Omak area will send smoke south into Quincy where easterly winds will direct it towards the Cascades.  Dispersion will be good each afternoon through Sunday but smoke will likely pool in the usual regions after dark leading to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups to Unhealthy air quality.

An apparent interruption of data in the Forest Service smoke monitors precludes computing the WAQA this morning.

Red flag warning for fire growth continues in the extreme southwest WA today. Fire warnings blanket all of western WA through Thursday night, due to dry air, above normal temperatures and windy conditions.

There continues to be a burn ban east of the Cascade crest.  The Governor's proclamation http://www.governor.wa.gov/proclamations/pr_12-16.pdf allows for local fire departments to issue written permits that approve specific burning activities.  Please work with your local fire jurisdiction and your Ecology burn team staff to get the needed written authorization for specific agricultural burns.  In some areas, air quality concerns or local fire danger may preclude burning during this extraordinary wildfire event.

Ecology Air Quality Monitoring Network Map: https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/enviwa/Default.ltr.aspx

  - when browsing the monitoring web page, click on the dots and you can then click on “View more information” to find out the latest hourly values (even if the dot is grey)