Air Quality Report for Southwest Oregon Issued:
August 28, 2015
Fires: Another day of
moderate fire activity is expected before cooler, wet weather moves in and
tempers fire activity. Precipitation
is expected to arrive shortly after midnight tonight.
Air
Quality Today: Smoke from these
fires will continue to affect air quality today. Air quality will remain good at the coast
Air
Quality Tomorrow: Air quality
is expected to improve greatly over the weekend as moisture moves into the
area, tempering fire activity.
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Air Quality Outlook:
Location
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Yesterday
8/27/2015
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Today 8/28/2015
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Tomorrow
8/29/2015
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Sunday
8/30/2015
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Roseburg
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Cave Junction
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Moderate
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Moderate
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Good
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Good
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Grants Pass
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Good
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Moderate
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Good
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Good
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Klamath Falls
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Unhealthy
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USG
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Moderate
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Good
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Medford
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Moderate
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Moderate
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Good
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Good
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Provolt
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Moderate
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Moderate
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Good
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Good
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Shady Cove
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Eagle Point
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No Data
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Moderate
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Good
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Good
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Jacksonville
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No Data
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Moderate
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Good
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Good
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Ashland
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USG
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Moderate
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Good
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Good
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Prospect
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No Data
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Good
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Good
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Good
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Agness
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No Data
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Moderate
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Good
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Good
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Gold Beach
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No Data
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Good
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Good
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Good
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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
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AQI
Category
(PM2.5 µg/m3) |
Potential
Health Impacts
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Actions to
Protect Yourself
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Good (0-12)
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Little or
no health risk
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None
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Moderate (13-35)
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Air
quality is acceptable for most. There may be moderate health concern for a small
number of sensitive people.
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Unusually
sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy outdoor
exertion.
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Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups – USG (36-55)
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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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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 (56-150)
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Everyone
may begin to experience more serious health effects.
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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
(151-250)
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Triggers
a health alert, everyone may experience more serious health effects
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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 (>250)
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The
entire population is even more likely to be affected by serious health
effects.
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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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Learn more
at: a) Oregon Smoke Blog http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com
b) AirNow http://airnow.gov and http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=topics.smoke_wildfires
c) Oregon
DEQ Air monitoring http://www.deq.state.or.us/aqi/index.aspx