Smoke
Outlook: Umpqua North Complex
Issued for: Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Air
Resource Advisor: Jen Croft
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Fire
Activity: Several fires continue to make
small runs and flare up as crews make progress around perimeters. Devil, Happy Dog, and #305 are the most
active within the complex, contributing to the geographic haze.
Smoke: Thick early morning
smoke conditions will be compounded by E-SE winds again, pushing the smoke
towards Glide and Roseburg. As the
late day storm conditions move into the geographic area to the south, smoke
conditions will become increasingly more hazy, and shift their impacts back
over towards Prospect, Diamond Lake, Crater Lake, and Chiloquin. Considerable smoke contribution from Chetco
Bar fires and Eclipse Complex to SE is adding to the local smoke
impacts.
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Tourists at Crater Lake National Park will be able
to view and smell smoke. Visitors should check for road closures and other
announcements ahead of time. Visitors
can check https://www.nps.gov/crla/planyourvisit/conditions.htm for updates.
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Air
Quality Outlook
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Sites with air quality monitors
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Site
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Tuesday
August 22, 2017
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Wednesday
August 23, 2017
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Thursday
August 24, 2017
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Notes for Tuesday’s forecast
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Roseburg
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USG
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Moderate
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Moderate
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Monitor under maintenance
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Glyde/Idleyld Park
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USG*
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USG*
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Moderate*
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Steamboat/ Toketee Falls
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UNHEALTHY*
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UNHEALTHY*
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UNHEALTHY*
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Highest concentrations in late evening
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Diamond Lake
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USG*
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USG*
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USG*
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Highest concentrations in late evening
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Crater Lake NP (visitor center)
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UNHEALTHY
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UNHEALTHY
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UNHEALTHY
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Highest concentrations in late evening
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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.
* = no monitor on site
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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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Oregon Smoke
Blog:
Oregon Dept of
Environmental Quality
Blanket Creek Fire Information
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