Central OR & JDICC Wildfire Air Quality Summary
Report
Prepared for August 14, 2014,
Kelly Palmer and Andrea Holland, Air Resource Advisors
Air Quality Outlook
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Yesterday’s Elevated
humidity and lower temperatures dampened fire behavior to primarily smoldering
and creeping activity resulting in minimal smoke impacts.
Today’s Low
pressure brings cooler temperatures, mostly cloudy skies with isolated
showers and a 10% chance of wetting rain.
Only a slight increase in fire activity
is predicted for today and tonight with mostly smoldering, creeping and
isolated torching activity and a minimal rate of spread. Light upslope and
ridgeline daytime winds in the South Fork John Day River valley combined with
light fire activity should contribute to good air quality with limited and
localized smoke impacts. Similar
conditions tonight with downslope winds after sunset will again lead to
limited and localized smoke impacts. Northwest
transport winds are predicted to be light and regional smoke impacts minimal to Central and East Central Oregon.
Tomorrow will see
similar temperature and humidity conditions.
Fire behavior is not expected to increase. Smoke impacts to
communities closest to the South Fork Complex and Bald Sisters fires are
expected to be limited to down drainage impacts during early morning
hours.
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Site
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August 12
AQI
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August 13
Today AQI
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August 14
AQI
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Remarks
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Bend
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Burns
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Dayville
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No data
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Good
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Good
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Madras
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Good
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Good
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Good
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John Day
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Paulina
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No data
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Good
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Good
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Prairie City
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No data
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Good
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Good
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Prineville
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Seneca
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Good(est)
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Good
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Good
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Sisters
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Unity
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No data
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Good
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Good
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PLEASE NOTE: The air quality
outlook is based on data from automated instruments that have not been
subjected to a quality assurance review to determine their accuracy. AQI’s estimated for sites with USFS air
monitors.
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Air Quality Index
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Potential Health Impacts
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Actions to Reduce Smoke
Exposure
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Good
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Air quality
is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk
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None
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Moderate
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Air quality
is acceptable for most. There may be
moderate health concern for a very small number of individuals.
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Sensitive
individuals such as those with heart or lung disease, infants, children,
pregnant women, or older adults should limit time spend outdoors and avoid
strenuous outdoor activities.
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Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
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Members of
sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be
affected.
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Everyone
should avoid prolonged exposure to smoke.
Sensitive individuals such as those with heart or lung disease,
infants, children, pregnant women, or older adults should minimize exposure
by staying inside where air is cleaner.
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Unhealthy
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Everyone may
begin to experience health effects.
These effects may be more serious for sensitive people.
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Everyone
should limit time spent outdoors and choose non-strenuous indoor
activities. Sensitive individuals such
as those with heart or lung disease, infants, children, pregnant women, or
older adults should stay indoors where air is clean.
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Very Unhealthy
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Triggers a health alert meaning everyone may
experience more serious health effects
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Everyone should limit time spent outdoors and
preferably stay indoors where air is clean. Staying
indoors is especially important for sensitive individuals such as those with
heart or lung disease, infants, children, pregnant women, or older adults.
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Hazardous
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Triggers health warnings of emergency
conditions. Everyone is very likely to
be affected by serious health effects.
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Everyone should avoid all outdoor activity. Relief from smoke is best accomplished by
leaving for cleaner air. Alternately,
remain indoors where air is clean.
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