Incident Media Maps

An inversion is in place this morning, leading to UNHEALTHY
to VERY UNHEALTHY conditions in Burns, John Day, and
Seneca. The inversion will be in place through the
afternoon, so poor air quality is expected to remain, as
there is minimal mixing. Once it does breakdown, slight
improvements in air quality are expected. Elsewhere,
Monument and Spray are expected to continue seeing VERY
UNHEALTHY conditions due to their proximity to active fires.
With winds from the west to northwest, smoke should largely
stay away from areas north and west of fires, where
MODERATE conditions are expected overall. If fires become
more active, these areas may see more smoke.

Hazy skies and cooler temperatures continue and are helping to moderate fire behavior. Smoke from fires in eastern Oregon continues to cause poor air quality especially in communities near active fires and in valleys below active fires where smoke has been settling overnight and in the mornings. Smoke from fires in California and the Cascades continue to put smoke over the area causing hazy skies and slowing down smoke from clearing at the surface. As a result, many locations experienced increased smoke yesterday, which is expected to continue but to a lesser degree today. Today, the inversion is expected to slowly breakdown in the early afternoon when smoke should start to clear. Drewsey will continue to see Very UNHEALTHY to UNHEALTHY conditions as smoke from Falls, Telephone and other fires will blow smoke into town. Areas along the I-84 corridor should expect winds from the west and northwest today keeping them mostly clear of smoke, with MODERATE conditions expected.