Map for Current Smoke Conditions?

[VanForNow]

I am heading toward northeast Oregon and Idaho.

Is there a source which can provide information on local smoke conditions in the West? I realize that smoke conditions often change, but it would be good to know what local conditions are like currently.

 

[highdesertranger]

Zoom in to the area you want to be in,

https://fire.airnow.gov/

Highdesertranger

 

[VanForNow]

Thanks, HDR!

 

[wayne49]

If total air quality is important, such as pollen and dust, I have a link for that.

I use weatherbug, here is a link to the area air quality centered on Lewiston, Idaho. It's not locked. Moving the center around will show more south, west, whatever.

https://www.weatherbug.com/maps/lewiston-id-83501?center=46.3915,-116.987,7&layerId=AirQuality

The dark red areas will usually be the fires.

 

[lab_nomad]

I use weatherbug, here is a link to the area air quality centered on Lewiston, Idaho. It's not locked. Moving the center around will show more south, west, whatever.

Hey, I’m in Lewiston! That’s where my current assignment is. I’ve been staying in a hotel, but I finally found an apartment in Moscow. If I didn’t find an apartment, I was going to stay in the van come September, cuz a coworker said it cools down then.

Sorry to highjack the thread. I got all excited when I saw Lewiston. 

I haven’t seen blue sky since I got here. I’ve only really smelled smoke a couple times. But this town has a bad odor in the mornings. I get different answers from people. Some say it’s a paper mill, some say it’s the compost facility. It’s pretty acrid, whatever it is. Other than that, I like the town. Parts of it remind me of both Eugene and Springfield OR.

 

[ghsebldr1]

I just google aqi and the city you're looking for. Air quality index. I was in the most of Eastern Washington today and it was from smokey to very unhealthful.

 

[travelaround]

We've been getting light smoke and falling ash in my Northern California town today. I think it is coming from the Salmon Mountains, to the south of us.

 

[Treknik]

Here's another link. You can scroll to other states.
https://wasmoke.blogspot.com/

 

[WILD@HEART]

Zoom in to the area you want to be in,

https://fire.airnow.gov/

Highdesertranger

Thank you
Highdesertranger!

It's nice to know where the smokes coming from and how close.
Appreciate the other sites mentioned as well.

 

[crofter]

Sonoran desert and Mohave deserts are clear of smoke. Got high winds from the south though and rain expected in a day or two. High temps are about 107 to 109 degrees.
-crofter

 

[crofter]

Smoke  cooling effects, link to article.
-crofter

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/how-extreme-fire-weather-can-cool-the-planet
via Natgeo App
https://www.nationalgeographic.app/

 

[skyl4rk]

https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/

 

[wayne49]

I'm over 300 miles from the fire in the Lassen area. Yesterday's temps, high, low, and average, were 15 degrees cooler than the day before. Still managed to get a full charge from solar through the haze.

Today's haze is less than yesterday's. The fire's hot spot has shrunk considerably.