7/27/2014 Air Quality Report

Smoke Synopsis:
High pressure builds throughout the weekend and will linger around through early next week. Drying and warming trend will continue as temperatures rise the upper 90’s today and should reach 100 Monday, expect light and variable winds with upslope/downslope diurnal pattern dominating.  Look for the fires to become more active. Smoke will be visible coming from within the fire perimeters as interior areas continue to burn and burnout operations begin.  Look for smoke to settle into low-lying/valley areas early and lifting out as daytime temperatures increase.
Air Quality Outlook:
Site	Sunday July 27, 2014 AQI	Monday July 28, 2014 AQI	Tuesday July 28, 2014 AQI	Comments
Brewster	Good	Good	Good	Light morning impacts lifting by 11:00AM
Chelan	Good	Good	Good
Colville	Good	Good	Good
Ellensburg	Good	Good	Good
Entiat	Good	Good	Good
Leavenworth	Good	Good	Good	Light morning impacts lifting by 10:00AM
Omak	Good	Good	Good
Malott	Data unavailable
Twisp	Good	Good	Good
Winthrop	Good	Good	Good
Wenatchee	Good	Good	Good	Light morning impacts lifting by 10:00AM
Yakima	Good	Good	Good
For detailed information about the color coded air quality categories, please see:  Washington Air Quality Advisory for Smoke and Other Fine Particle Air Pollution En Español:  El Índice de la Calidad de Aire de Washington para Humo y Otra Contaminación del Aire causadas por Partículas Finas
Warning: These data have been obtained from automated instruments and have not been subjected to a quality assurance review to determine their accuracy. They are presented for public awareness and should not be considered final. Conditions such as power outages and equipment malfunctions can produce invalid data.
1 Since wildfires often occur in remote areas, air monitoring equipment may not be available. The following table provides a quick method to assess air quality in your area. For more detailed information you can go to the following site: http://www.deq.state.or.us/aq/burning/wildfires/visibility.htm