THIS JUST CAME IN MY EMAIL !!!!!!!!!!!!! AccuWeather Alert Today at 1:43 PM Your Severe Weather Watches and Warnings MOLALLA, OR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 142 PM PDT SUN SEP 14 2014 ..SMOKE WILL DRIFT OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... SMOKE FROM THE 36-PIT WILDFIRE WILL IMPACT AREAS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE WILDFIRE IS 10 MILES EAST OF ESTACADA ALONG HIGHWAY 224. EAST TO SOUTHEAST LOW-LEVEL WINDS WILL CARRY SOME OF THE SMOKE OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SOUTHWEST MID-LEVEL WINDS WILL ALSO BRING SOME SMOKE TO THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND THE SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON CASCADES AND CASCADE FOOTHILLS. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE BRUSHES BY THE REGION. THIS CHANGE IN WIND DIRECTION SHOULD REDUCE THE IMPACT OF SMOKE TO THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY... BUT MAY INCREASE SMOKE ACROSS THE GORGE AND SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES. THE SMOKE MAY SLIGHTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT AIR QUALITY SHOULD REFER TO THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WEB SITE AT WWW.DEQ.STATE.OR.US/AQI/INDEX.ASPX
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:07:00 +0000
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