When the plume from the Duncan fire (up the Entiat River Valley) goes high into the atmosphere, much of the smoke can be transported out of the area if meteorology is favorable. But when it stays low the smoke has been traveling into Entiat or Chelan. The weather for this upcoming weekend indicates that smoke may stay closer to the ground and could cause air quality to degrade in many areas of the Columbia Basin.
This image was taken on August 8 at 3:30pm by the webcam available at this link: http://www.fsvisimages.com/fstemplate.aspx?site=okwe1_fire1 (The camera at this site typically only shoots pictures between about 9am and 4pm.)
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