Air quality across the state this morning is mostly good and moderate thanks to cooler and wetter conditions that have slowed smoke production from active fires. Today and tomorrow smoke impacts will largely be confined to communities closest to active fires, including the Pioneer, Retreat, Gwen, and Swawilla Fires. After starting yesterday, the Dan/Lower Granite Fire in north Garfield County has grown to 4,000 acres and yesterday sent smoke east to Pullman. Air quality alerts have been updated to include the counties of Asotin, Chelan, Ferry, Okanogan, and Yakima, as well as the Colville Reservation (update: the Colville Confederated Tribes lifted the air quality advisory on July 30). These Air Quality Alerts will be in effect until further notice. Enjoy the clean air and the cooler temperatures, as the heat will return later this week.
Thank you so much for providing this blog.
ReplyDeleteMy question - how do you get the forecast maps from maps.airfire.org? I see that this page uses an iframe with a src of "https://maps.airfire.org/wsu/?lat=47.42065432071321&lng=-121.3165283&zoom=7". If I visit that link directly, I do see the same forecast map for WA state, but I'd love to be able to see Oregon, Idaho, etc. The "User Guide" for that site does not contain any information about getting forecasts.
Anyway, any information you could provide would be helpful. Thanks!
The forecast displayed on this smoke blog is a Department of Ecology product for Washington state. See the links here for the plume image and the "about the forecast" for more info: https://enviwalegacy.ecology.wa.gov/home/text/421#Forecast
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