Oregon Smoke Information

DEQ data shows improved air quality  in parts of Oregon      August 31, 2018 Labor Day weekend expected to be a great time to get outside Statewide, OR—The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and smoke forecasters predict clearing of wildfire smoke and better air quality for most of Oregon Labor Day weekend.  The forecast for several of the communities who have been most affected this year with unhealthy and even hazardous air quality are predicted to have improved air quality. Those communities in particular may want to get outdoors, and air out their homes and businesses.  DEQ and public health authorities advise the public to continue to monitor air quality in surrounding areas. Local smoke levels can rise and fall rapidly, depending on weather factors including wind direction. Visit the Oregon Smoke Blog for more information:  http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/   While residents can view current air quality conditio...

  Klamath County Public Health FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2018 Contact: Ramona Quinn, rquinn@co.klamath.or.us   Valeree Lane, vlane@klamathcounty.org , 541.882.8846 Air quality forecast favorable for long weekend KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – The containment of regional wildfires finds the local forecast for air quality to be positive. Klamath County Public Health officials are optimistic that Labor Day Weekend will find the air quality index in the moderate range. Residents have seen long stretches of poor air quality since July. Air quality has improved significantly since Wednesday. Some smoke intrusion is still expected. Residents are encouraged to visit https://oraqi.deq.state.or.us/home/map to learn the current air quality index. Each category corresponds to a different level of health concern. The six levels of health concern and what they mean are: Good is 0 to 50. Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or ...

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Medford, Ore.—The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is again issuing an air quality advisory for Josephine, Jackson and Klamath counties. The northern portion of Lake County is also included in the advisory. DEQ also has an air quality advisory in place for Curry and Klamath counties. All advisories are in place until further notice. Southern Oregon saw some clearing earlier in the week, but smoke is expected to return to the Rogue Valley by this evening. While most monitors were reading good or moderate on Wednesday morning, monitors in Shady Cove and Cave Junction were reading unhealthy on Wednesday. The color-coded Air Quality Index ranks air quality as follows: Green is good. Yellow is moderate, which is unhealthy for extremely sensitive groups. Orange is unhealthy for sensitive groups such as children, the elderly, pregnant women and those with respiratory conditions. Red is unhealthy for everyone. Purple is very unhealthy for all groups. Maroon is hazardo...

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Brookings, Ore.—An air quality advisory will remain in place for Curry and Klamath counties until further notice, but the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is ending an advisory for Josephine, Jackson and Lake counties. While air quality through much of Southern Oregon was good Monday morning, wildfire smoke is expected to impact both counties especially Brookings and Klamath Falls. Residents are reminded that local smoke levels can rise and fall rapidly. The Oregon Smoke Blog has an air quality map that includes temporary monitors close to specific fires, including those in Brookings, Gold Beach and Agness. On Monday morning, an air quality monitor in Brookings was in the unhealthy for sensitive groups category, while the other two monitors were both showing good air quality. People can take the following precautions: - Be aware of smoke concentrations in your area and avoid the places with highest concentrations. - Avoid strenuous outdoor activity in smoky conditio...

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Smoke from the Terwilliger Fire is expected to impact the community until the fire is out. For updated smoke information, please visit the following links. Smaller particulate sensors to measure pollution from wildfires and wood smoke have been placed by the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA) in the McKenzie Bridge area at the McKenzie High School and USFS Bunkhouse on Horse Creek. If you have any questions regarding air quality in Lane County, please contact LRAPA 541-736-1056. ·          Lane Regional Air Protection Agency: www.lrapa.org o    McKenzie Bridge area air sensors with real-time air quality index: www.lrapa.org/301 o    How to read the Air Quality Index: www.airnow.gov o    Wildfire smoke updates: www.lrapa.org/242 ·          Lane County Public Health www.lanecounty.org/publichealth o    Wildfire smoke health inf...

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Medford, Ore.—The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is expanding an air quality advisory for Southern Oregon to include Curry County. DEQ’s air quality advisory for Curry, Josephine, Jackson, Klamath and Lake counties is in place until further notice. A previous advisory for Curry and Douglas counties expired at 6 p.m. Thursday. Local smoke levels can rise and fall rapidly. Residents can view current air quality conditions at DEQ’s Air Quality Index https://oraqi.deq.state.or.us/home/map The index is also available on smart phones. Simply search for OregonAir in your app store. The Oregon Smoke Blog also has an air quality map that includes temporary monitors close to specific fires, including ones in Brookings, Gold Beach and Agness. It also has daily smoke forecasts for specific areas, and other resources. Visit the Oregon Smoke Blog for more information: http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/   The color-coded Air Quality Index ranks air quality as follows...

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The Air Quality Index at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018.  See the map above for current conditions. Forecast issued: Aug. 23, 2018  Forecaster: James Miller, USDA Forest Service The main story this morning is that smoke has been slow to exit the Willamette Valley from Portland south to Eugene. As of 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, moderate air quality prevailed over Eugene, unhealthy for sensitive groups air quality was widespread in the Salem area, with unhealthy air common throughout the Portland metro area. Despite the marine air arriving over Portland around sunset yesterday, air quality indices actually increased overnight leading to some of the highest pollution levels of the five-day smoke episode over Northwestern Oregon observed this morning. It appears that clearing is finally underway to the west of Portland, signaling that the metro area should see improving conditions throughout the afternoon hours. At the Sauvie Island monitoring lo...

  Statewide, Ore.—The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is extending an air quality advisory for the Portland metro area, North Coast, and Willamette Valley until 4 p.m. Thursday. DEQ is also extending an air quality advisory until noon Friday for Central and Eastern Oregon (Crook, Baker, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wasco, Wheeler). Both advisories had been set to expire at noon on Thursday. DEQ has an air quality advisory is in place until further notice in Josephine, Jackson, Klamath and Lake counties. Some clearing is expected Thursday night in those counties and additional improvements could occur Friday. The advisory for the Portland metro area, North Coast and Willamette Valley includes: Benton, Clatsop, Clackamas, Columbia, Hood River, Linn, Lincoln, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Washington, Yamhill.   Local smoke levels can rise and fall rapidly. Residents can view current...

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The Air Quality Index at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018.   See the map above for current conditions. Forecast issued: Aug. 22, 2018 Forecaster: James Miller, USDA Forest Service Air quality across Oregon improved in the past 24 hours with the exception of Southern Oregon where unhealthy conditions remain. On Wednesday morning, air quality at all but one location in the Portland metro area was reporting unhealthy for sensitive groups, a slight improvement over the widespread unhealthy air quality indices on Tuesday morning. Moderate air quality indices were observed throughout Northeastern Oregon Wednesday morning, whereas many locations reported unhealthy conditions yesterday morning. A similar improvement was observed in Bend and Eugene. For the remainder of Wednesday, the latest smoke models agree that conditions will continue to improve in the Willamette Valley and along the coast. However, the westerly winds aloft leading to improved air quality for N...