Smoke Forecast for High Cascades Complex Fires (Including Blanket Creek, Broken Lookout, Spruce Lake) -- Aug. 22, 2017

Smoke Outlook:  High Cascades Complex                                 

Issued for: Tuesday August 22, 2017 

Air Resource Advisor: Jen Croft

Fire Activity:  Blanket is 76% contained at 5,889 acres, Broken Lookout added 475 acres, and Spruce Lake an additional 64 acres of its identified perimeter.  The remaining fires within the complex have been fully contained and are in mop up status. Smoke:  Early morning conditions will include E-SE winds again, pushing the heavy overnight 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.    Tourists at Crater Lake National Park can expect to see 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.
Air Quality Outlook
Sites with air quality monitors
Site	Tuesday August 22, 2017		Wednesday August 23, 2017	Thursday August 24, 2017	Notes for Tuesday’s forecast
Oakridge	Moderate		Moderate	Moderate
Medford	USG		USG	USG
Shady Cove	USG		USG	USG	Most severe impacts in the late afternoon/overnight
Prospect	Very Unhealthy		Very Unhealthy	Very Unhealthy	No relief today
Crater Lake NP (visitor center)	Unhealthy		Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Most severe impacts in the late afternoon/overnight
Chiloquin	Unhealthy		Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Most severe impacts in the late afternoon/overnight
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.
AQI Index		Actions to Protect Yourself
Good		None
Moderate		Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion.
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups*- USG		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.
Unhealthy		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.
Very Unhealthy		Everyone should avoid any outdoor exertion; people with respiratory or heart disease, the elderly and children should remain indoors.
Hazardous		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

*Sensitive Groups include people with heart or lung disease, children, pregnant women and older adults

Oregon Smoke Blog: http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/ Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality http://www.deq.state.or.us/aqi/ Blanket Creek Fire Information https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5431/