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Smoke Outlook 8/07 - 8/08 East Central Oregon

Special Statement

An Air Quality Alert has been issued for Grant, Harney, and Wheeler counties until later this afternoon.

Fire

There are multiple fires affecting the forecast area. For more information on these incidents, please visit each fire's Inciweb page.

Smoke

The weather pattern today is similar to what we observed yesterday, with sunny skies, light winds out of the west and northwest, and warm temperatures. Smoke from local and regional fires will persist over the area as will hazy skies. The forecast is for MODERATE smoke across the entire East Central Oregon region, sites closest to the fires are likely to experience a brief period of UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS smoke this afternoon when that smoke mixes down from higher elevations. Smoky conditions will persist again tomorrow with MODERATE conditions expected.

Additional Smoke Outlooks

Smoke outlooks for adjacent areas are posted on the Fire and Smoke Map, see below.