Sunday, Sept. 14th, 2014, Wildfire Air Quality Report for the Klamath Region

The full Klamath Wildfires Smoke Impact Summary for today is avaialble here

This report is available as a PDF here

Yesterday Fort Jones and Seiad Valley reached “Unhealthy” level while Macdoel reached “Unhealthy for Sensitive Group” yesterday.  This was mostly due to the Southwesterly transport wind speed that brought smoke from the fire to these communities.  Today Conditions are forecast to be similar to today as smoke will be pushed North and Northeast again. Smoke concentrations are likely to remain high in the upper Klamath River drainage north of the fires and in Scott Valley. Tomorrow Stronger southerly wind is forecast for the day.  Smoke will be pushed north. Smoke concentrations are likely to remain high in the upper Klamath River drainage north of the fires.
Site	September 14 Yesterday’s AQI	September 15 Today’s AQI	September 16 Predicted AQI	Likely Time of Highest Impacts Today
Yreka	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Afternoon/Early Evening
Fort Jones	Unhealthy	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	Afternoon/Early Evening
Etna	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Evening
Macdoel	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	Moderate	Moderate	Late Afternoon/ Evening
Seiad Valley	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	Early Afternoon
Happy Camp	Moderate	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	Early Afternoon
Somes Bar	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Afternoon
Orleans	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Afternoon
Wietchpec	Good	Good	Good	Afternoon
Hoopa	Good	Moderate	Good	Late Afternoon/Evening
Willow Creek	Good	Moderate	Good	Evening
Mt. Shata	Good	Moderate	Good	Evening
Weed	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Evening
Sawyer's Bar	Good	Moderate	Good	Late Morning
PLEASE NOTE: The air quality outlook is based on data from automated instruments that have not been subjected to a quality assurance review. AQI’s estimated for sites with air monitors.

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