Smoke
Forecast Outlook - Chetco Bar Fire
Issued for: Thursday, July 27, 2017
Air Resource Advisor: Paul
Schlobohm (pschlobo@blm.gov)
Synopsis
*Sensitive
Groups include people with heart or lung disease, children, pregnant women and
older adults
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Smoke: Smoke will remain in the vicinity of the fire again today,
drifting west in the morning and east in the afternoon, but remaining in the
high country. The morning inversion
over the fire will break up around 9:00 am.
Air quality will be good in Grants Pass, Cave Junction and the
Illinois Valley, Agness, Gold Beach, and Brookings. Light smoke may be present briefly in
Brookings Friday morning as it drifts overnight farther down the Chetco
drainage than it has the past couple of days.
Fire: Chetco Bar Fire activity continues to be minimal, growing 155
acres yesterday, mostly on the east side, to 1995 acres. Fire activity today and tomorrow is also
expected to be light.
Other: The Outlook in Brookings is based on visual observation and
persistance. See the QR code below for
more information. Monitoring data will
instead be collected for verification starting today.
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Air
Quality Outlook
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Sites with air quality monitor
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Site
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Yesterday
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Today
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Tomorrow
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Notes for today’s forecast
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Cave Junction
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Good conditions throughout the day
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Grants Pass
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Good conditions throughout the day
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Sites without a monitor
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Site
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Yesterday
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Today
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Tomorrow
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Notes for today’s forecast
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Brookings
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No data
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Good
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Good
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Good conditions throughout the day
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Disclaimer: Conditions may change quickly. These
predictions are based on anticipated weather and fire activity. AQI estimates
for sites do not represent a full 24-hour time period. Instead they reflect a period of time
within the day where smoke impacts would be greatest.
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AQI Index
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Actions to Protect Yourself
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Good
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None
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Moderate
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Unusually sensitive people should
consider reducing prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion.
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Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups*- USG
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People with heart or lung disease,
children and older adults should reduce prolonged or heavy outdoor
exertion. Everyone else should limit
prolonged or heavy exertion.
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Unhealthy
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The following groups should avoid all
physical outdoor activity: People with heart or lung disease, children and
older adults. Everyone else should avoid
prolonged or heavy exertion.
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Very
Unhealthy
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Everyone
should avoid any outdoor exertion; people with respiratory or heart disease,
the elderly and children should remain indoors.
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Hazardous
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The following groups should remain
indoors and keep activity levels low: People with heart or lung disease;
children and older adults. Everyone else should avoid prolonged or heavy
exertion
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Info on how to use Visibility to
estimate health impacts from wildfire smoke
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Info on wildfire smoke and your health
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Oregon Smoke Blog:
Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality
Chetco Bar Fire Information
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