On Saturday morning, air quality is Moderate to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups in Missoula County. Air Quality may improve to Moderate later today. The rain will move east by Monday, and we’re facing a quick return to warm, windy conditions, so fuels may dry out quickly and fire season will likely be back on track by mid-week. There are several small fires burning in the Idaho panhandle and they joined forces with the Tumbledown Fire (part of the Stateline Complex) to send smoke into Missoula County yesterday evening. Missoula is a city located in Montana, and is the county seat of Missoula County, the second-largest county within the state of Montana and home to some 109,000 people, as per a census conducted in 2010, with the city of Missoula being … Photo credit: NASA GOES 17 Satellite (https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/?sat=goes-17&sec=full_disk&x=13747&y=2306&z=5&angle=0&im=12&ts=1&st=0&et=0&speed=130&motion=loop&maps%5Bborders%5D=white&lat=0&p%5B0%5D=geocolor&opacity%5B0%5D=1&pause=20180724153038&slider=-1&hide_controls=0&mouse_draw=0&follow_feature=0&follow_hide=0&s=rammb-slider&draw_color=FFD700&draw_width=6). "When we have this northwestern component to those upper level wind directions we can expect to see some smoke come our way. They react with the chemicals in the atmosphere, which means they don’t hold form for a super long time. Transport winds will be from the southwest, which will drive California and Idaho smoke our direction without any clear sky breaks. Found inside – Page 44... Roosevelt County, Rosebud County, Sheridan County, Treasure County, Valley County, Wibaux County. §81.171 Missoula Intrastate Air Quality Control Region ... Today’s thunderstorms will be mostly dry, but tomorrow there may be isolated heavy rain accompanying the lightning, which could be a flash flood concern for some areas. (Seeley Lake is currently hovering near Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups. If you visit that map, you’ll see a kind soul in the Potomac Valley recently installed a Purple Air sensor, so folks in that area can track their air quality using something other than their eyeballs for the first time ever! The smoke from those fires is still at least a couple hours away. SHARE. I will be gone until Wednesday next week, but you’re in good hands with Ben! NASA GOES 16. Found insideAir Quality The effects of the various alternatives on air quality must be quantified . Generally , the primary air quality concern with highway ... With the rise in COVID-19 cases, this feels like a good time to address another one of my frequently asked questions: How do I balance risks from smoke and covid? If you recall 2017, we saw daily smoke because we were surrounded by fires, and smoke rolls downhill to settle on the valley floor at night. Super fog is deadly when it crosses a roadway. The inversion should break around midafternoon, and at that point, things could get interesting. In addition to making inversions last for far too long into the day, it can slow fire activity. The fires are not going to go out in the next week. I, for one, am very excited for this change of pace. The cloud cover, smoke cover and precipitation may combine to keep fire activity in our area relatively low today. This is less fortunate for the good folks in that area. You can check hourly PM2.5 concentrations at permanent monitors around the state at todaysair.mt.gov. Please take steps to clean your indoor air. The inversion is projected to break before noon, at which point the warmed ground-level air will lift up and take the smoke with it. Yay! There are still fires burning to our west and northwest, but their smoke output has been less oppressive than fires farther south. Several rules in the Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Program are specific to one of these areas. Images source: NASA GOES 17 Satellite. Wildfire smoke health research is an active field these days, and the more we learn about smoke, the worse it gets. Seeley Lake saw a lot of smoke last night and spent several hours in the Unhealthy category. (See model throwing discussion above.). The wind could easily have energized some of the close by regional fires in Idaho or south of the Bitterroot Valley to get us that fresh campfire smell. Also, even if we keep dropping rain on our local fires, there are still fires in other states that can send us smoke. The cloud cover is looking pretty spotty for most of the day and highs are in the 90s again. When your wildfire smoke filter matches that level of buildup, replace it. As of 10:15 AM on Monday, air quality was Unhealthy in Seeley Lake and Lolo and Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups in Missoula and Frenchtown. As of 1 PM on Tuesday, air quality was Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups in Seeley Lake and Frenchtown and Moderate in the rest of Missoula County. As the fires in the Granite Pass Complex perk up, we may start to see more of their smoke. It has excellent advice for creating cleaner indoor air using filtration and proper HVAC maintenance. Unsure what that means? The northern half of the county may be hit harder by smoke this evening than folks farther south. © 2021 Missoula County, MT. Believe it or not, we are still VERY early into fire season (note the extra serious caps). The numbers are different, but the color categories are accurate. The fire is positioned to send smoke into the Seeley Lake valley at night via the Jocko drainage. In the heat detection map below, the red dots show that the Crooks Fire is extremely active today. There’s too much cloud cover to get a good feel for the smoke source in Seeley Lake this morning, but the Dry Cabin Fire burning in the Scapegoat Wilderness was darn busy yesterday, and it was sending smoke toward the Hwy 83 corridor for most of the day. Also, I was bad at softball. The giant cloud in the satellite photo has been dropping lightning east of us in Powell and Lewis and Clark County. The worst of the California smoke will stay south of us, which just leaves a single swath of high overhead smoke between us and cleaner air. I’m not telling you this to bum you out. Sudden clarity would be shocking. A Missoula County air quality permit will be required for locations within Missoula County, Montana. Sarah also works on large projects, such as the PM10 Redesignation Request and the Carbon Monoxide Limited Maintenance Plan. If we’re super lucky, these plumes will moderate temperatures (think of them as sinister clouds) but not actually come down to ground level. Northwesterly flow aloft is lining us up with fires in British Columbia and northern Washington. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Most of that smoke should stay south of us today, but may start heading our direction tomorrow. The Crooks Fire in the Jocko drainage is going to continue to be a smoke issue for folks in the Arlee/Evaro area and Seeley Lake. A good portion of that smoke blob is about 1,000 ft above ground level. Replacing dirty filters is important because once a filter is clogged, air will go around rather than through the filter and it won’t be cleaned at all. The Storm Creek Fire will continue to send smoke to the Bitterroot Valley. Pretty simple, but there will be variations and confounding factors. Mixing heights are pretty low today and winds will be generally light, so there isn’t much opportunity for smoke to scour or lift high out of the valleys. Dual hosed air conditioners pull outside air into the machine, pass that air across the condenser coils and then discharge the extra heated air back outside. The smoke models are suggesting we’ll end the day with better air than this morning. While the winds will continue to bring smoke in our direction from California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, there is a good chance of moderate air quality this afternoon. There are a few updates from previous versions, so give it a look and head on over to www.montanawildfiresmoke.org for more smoke preparedness tips! Must admit, that is not my dream scenario for summer in western Montana, but keep looking for those clean air breaks to enjoy the outside and if you have an air cleaner turn it on and create a clean air pocket for yourself and your pets. The smoke models are generally united in their expectation of smoke impacts in our area for the next couple days. We woke up to Good air quality in Missoula and Frenchtown and Moderate in Seeley Lake. I'll keep an eye on them, but I’m not expecting much smoke in the immediate future. The Air Program also conducts studies and works with communities to solve localized air pollution problems. A: I don’t know. The Granite Pass Complex is the most immediately concerning due to its proximity to Highway 12 and general ability to send smoke into Missoula County. Knowing local fires will be our primary concern, we can take a look at them and see what’s up. Remember: Air acts like water – it flows downhill. Found inside – Page 364... Falls ( moderate ) Flathead County ( part moderate ) Lake County ( part moderate ) Libby ( moderate ) Missoula County ( part moderate ) Rosebud County ... Here’s what it will look like for the next several days: Evening and overnight: Inversions set up. SHARE. Clear the Air is a five-part podcast series about how Missoula is stepping up to the plate to address climate change. Search Go. We might see some atmospheric mixing this afternoon, but there will still be a lot of overhead smoke when that happens, so air quality is unlikely to improve even after the inversions break. The smoke models are pretty excited and expecting considerably worse air quality, so stay alert for changing conditions! Missoula County, MT Home Menu. Parts of Missoula County are expected to see Unhealthy air quality over the next day. I’m telling you this so you know to take advantage of the good days when we have them. He also was the lead for the Seeley Lake Woodstove Changeout, which led to a 70 percent reduction in particulate pollution at the Seeley Lake Elementary School between 2012 and 2014. SHARE. There is also a lot of wind in this afternoon’s forecast, and I will not be surprised if we see a considerable increase in local fire activity. I expect we’ll continue to see Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups air quality all day today with some fluctuations up to Unhealthy at the start of the day and potentially down to Moderate for part of the afternoon. Mid-late morning: Inversions start breaking, leading to one of two outcomes – it gets better, or it gets worse. (It’s bad, but it isn’t chewy.). The tricky thing, though, is there will likely still be a lot of overhead smoke when the inversions break. (The models are disagreeing on both when and if that smoke will head our way. A quick note about portable air conditioners – if you’re using a dual hosed portable AC, be sure to clean its filter regularly during a smoke event. There is a lot of smoke heading into Oregon from fires in California. You do not need a newfangled technology; you just need a better filter. Position: Diesel Technician Apprentice - Missoula - 59808
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At Love’s, our values go beyond our name. The up part is great – it will take the valley smoke with it. EMAIL. A Missoula County air quality permit will be required for locations within Missoula County, Montana. Found inside – Page 322for Missoula, Montana, and the Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Program regulations with letters dated August 20, 1991 and June 4, 1992. Smoke from Canada is smoking out central Montana and is mostly north of Missoula County while we are spending our Saturday morning frolicking (or maybe sitting in nice clean air provided by an air cleaner) in Washington/Oregon smoke. The valleys of Missoula County could see Unhealthy air quality tonight. This layer of cold air in the valley floor is the inversion. Q: Can I put a HEPA filter in my window air conditioner or portable air conditioner to clean the air? (It may improve a bit, but probably not enough to bring the horizon into sharp focus.). Questions? If we’re lucky, we’ll avoid having a plume land on top of us, and we’ll just have a spectacularly colorful sunset. Soon we could have smoke in the county from local and regional fires. We are looking at clearing skies and incoming dry, windy conditions, so we may see those fires perk back up, and there’s the chance we’ll see some new starts from lightning associated with the incoming storms. Of course, the big news is what happens tomorrow. If you do need to get out and active this weekend, look for those opportunities (if they occur) when air quality is cleaner as shown by your own visual observations or Montana Todays Air. ), Look at that marvelous clean air. Air Monitoring Data Missoula Station. Our valleys rid themselves of some smoke yesterday, but you can tell from looking at the horizon that there is still a lot of smoke in the area. California has some new fires that are sending smoke up along western Oregon. This web page will be updated if air quality becomes Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse. TWEET. For folks in the Potomac Valley area, we’ll be keeping an eye on the new Anderson Hill fire. (Note: There is some model disagreement re: mixing heights. It has a tendril of smoke already hitting northwest Montana. email: bschmidt@missoulacounty.us, Sarah Coefield Those fires do not currently have any cloud cover, and they may wake up sufficiently to send smoke our way. Also, you need to cautious about adding an upgraded filter to a window or portable air conditioner because the increased resistance can reduce airflow across the cooling coils and cause them to ice up. We are unlikely to see clear skies any time soon. I don’t know which, if any, of them use monitoring data instead of models when reporting air quality, and I don’t know how accurate they are at assigning health categories. It’s “My college roommate is coming to visit” clean, not “My mother-in-law is coming to visit,” clean. It is our only local fire significantly impacting air quality. For example, high pressure will start building this weekend, which will prolong inversions and keep smoke in the valleys for later into the day. Contact an Air Quality Specialist, Benjamin Schmidt We do not have a permanent or temporary monitor in Lolo, but a Purple Air sensor on EPA’s Fire and Smoke map is showing air quality in Lolo near Highway 12 has been worsening since about midnight last night. With trees on them! The Missoula City-County Health Department said the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest is set to launch a prescribed burn 40 miles west of Missoula County on Friday morning. The department issued an air quality alert for Beaverhead, Carbon, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Missoula, Park, Pondera, Powder River, … and lots and lots of lightning (not yay!). Seeley Lake is getting a bout of Unhealthy air this morning, but there is some hope that that will be short lived. Mountains! (They used all caps to express HIGH confidence in thunderstorm development across the region today, so you know they’re serious.) Based on the satellite images, Seeley Lake air quality may have improved since midnight when air quality was unhealthy. If you’re out and about this afternoon and you notice the mountain tops are getting progressively hazier, and the haze is oozing downward, that’s a good sign the air quality is about to tank. Conditions on Saturday might improve somewhat under easterly flow, but we will still be under the high pressure ridge, so there’s a good chance haze will stick around. This is great! If not, no worries! So that’s going to be fun for them. It’s too soon to know how bad it will get, but there a chance we will see a significant amount of smoke over the weekend. Unhealthy Air Quality is likely to remain in the region through Sunday. The Storm Creek fire has burned about 3,000 acres and is in Idaho across from Stevensville. There may be isolated thunderstorms starting tonight, but the real show will be Sunday. Found inside – Page 59... Remedial actions , Liquid waste disposal , Missoula County ( Montana ) . ... Pinal Counties Air Quality Control District for failure to meet air quality ... I have pointed out a few of the plumes with red arrows. Source: NOAA https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/24hrqpfall.html. You generally get your best whiffs of VOCs when smoke is fresh. It’s a pretty light haze, and it's moving away from our area at a pretty good clip. Know what’s west of us? Must admit I was planning not to do a smoke update today, but that low pressure system has pulled smoke from the California fires and other fires south of Missoula County right into our breathing space. A sense of growing unease filters into the collective consciousness. It’s a bit glowy out there. It does not do you much good to bring in outside air if that air is harmful. A more southerly flow may send smoke from that fire into the Greenough and Potomac areas. Missoula County, MT Home Menu. If our luck holds, cloud cover and the dusting of precipitation they do see will calm smoke production and we’ll escape heavy smoke for at least a few more days. Yes, that’s smoke overhead. Check out www.montanawildfiresmoke.org for great tips to stay healthy and protect your indoor air quality! Fires that evade incoming cloud cover will have an active day, with high temperatures and some gusty winds. Found inside – Page 83... Lodge Powell County Commissioners 10-14-81 Missoula Missoula County attorney and city - county Air Quality officials 10-19-81 Superior Mineral County ... You can also check hourly PM2.5 levels at EPA’s Fire and Smoke map (fire.airnow.gov). That fire is smoking out Swan Lake something awful this morning (conditions are Unhealthy). In case you’re missing occasional smoke from the Dixie Fire in Idaho, smoke the Dixie Fire in California is on its way! It is midway between Swan Lake and Condon at MM 63 along Highway 83. Fires. We had a nice little break from smoke the last couple days, and we’re in better shape than southwest Montana, but we’ve started to see smoke roll in from fires in Idaho, Oregon and California, and folks near the Thorne Creek Fire and Crooks Fire are seeing daily smoke impacts. Image Source: NASA GOES 17 https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/?sat=goes-17&sec=full_disk&x=13204&y=2206&z=4&angle=0&im=12&ts=1&st=0&et=0&speed=130&motion=loop&maps%5Bborders%5D=white&lat=0&p%5B0%5D=geocolor&opacity%5B0%5D=1&pause=20210725142032&slider=-1&hide_controls=0&mouse_draw=0&follow_feature=0&follow_hide=0&s=rammb-slider&draw_color=FFD700&draw_width=6. NOW PLAYING: TV News However, there are fires burning west of us that may also put out plumes later today. Now that we will be back to more “normal” summer conditions, we may start seeing our fires perk up. Afternoon: The smoke is lifted, the air is better, the people rejoice. More Information about the NowCast method can be found here. Each dot on the map represents an air monitoring station, click on a dot for station specific data. With a return to hot, dry, sunny conditions, fires are revving back up in the northwest. The smoke in Condon wasn’t terrible yesterday evening, but that area may also be lined up with the Thorne Creek Fire today. Remember: This is temporary, and we will get through it! We look for those same values in our people. The skies are clear enough you can see into the valleys this morning! Missoula County Current Air Quality Missoula City-County Health Department COVID-19 Information Missoula County Vaccine Information Guidance for Employers: What to Expect if a Staff Member Tests Positive for COVID-19. No matter which way the wind blows, you can expect to see smoke! What we do know, is this is a good day. Well, yesterday’s weather wasn’t nearly as exciting as we expected. The red arrows in the picture below show the column of smoke that has impacted Missoula County for the last couple of hours. Current Permit Action Camas submitted a request to update MAQP #4054-00 to change the equipment identified within the permit. Head on over to www.montanawildfiresmoke.org for tips for creating cleaner indoor air space! Air quality in Missoula and Seeley Lake is currently Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups. Without thick overhead smoke, our local fires and fires in Washington and Idaho will continue to burn actively. This is why they're officially labeled (Occasional) Daily Questions! Now for the Wildfire Smoke Update. Of particular concern is the dry cold front that will start moving through the region tonight and into Thursday. I have no idea what the air quality is going to be next week. Image Source: NASA GOES 17 https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/?sat=goes-17&sec=full_disk&x=13298&y=2302&z=4&angle=0&im=12&ts=1&st=0&et=0&speed=130&motion=loop&maps%5Bborders%5D=white&lat=0&p%5B0%5D=geocolor&opacity%5B0%5D=1&pause=20180724153038&slider=-1&hide_controls=0&mouse_draw=0&follow_feature=0&follow_hide=0&s=rammb-slider&draw_color=FFD700&draw_width=6. We have another couple months of fire season ahead of us. We will still be under easterly flow, which should keep the Idaho smoke west of Missoula County. There is a chance we’ll see smoke from fires east of us later today. SHARE. With any luck, it will pass by us before atmospheric mixing begins. This is good news, because the lovely easterly winds keeping smoke in Idaho today and tomorrow will turn around and become westerly and southwesterly by Monday, which will mean a return of Idaho smoke when those fires wake up. Smoke and haze will likely linger until at least noon, but once the winds pick up, we should see some decent clearing. © 2021 Missoula County, MT. I’ve had multiple people ask if KN95s offer the same protection as N95 respirators. With no new smoke heading our way, we should see air quality improvements by late afternoon. We’re heading into a smoky stretch. New language proposed is underlined. So, while you’re gazing at the outlines of mountains in the distance and thinking sour thoughts about never ending haze, take some solace in the fact the same conditions may mean the fires move a bit slower today. Deja vu again. Gusty winds and hot temperatures will lead to active fire behavior today, but with the easterly winds, Missoula County’s day will hot, windy and hazy with intermittent smoke impacts. I like when the smoke models are optimistic. If you haven’t already done so, check out www.montanawildfiresmoke.org for great resources for getting through wildfire smoke season! Today looks similar to yesterday, smoke-wise. As you can see, the smoke has decided to visit and and could stay around through the holiday weekend. Found inside – Page 23754( 3 ) Helena Air Quality Maintenance In Hampshire County : the city of ... ( 2 ) Minneapolis - St . Paul Air Quality Missoula County . amended by adding ... This means Seeley Lake could see another hit of smoke late this afternoon/early evening. TL;DR: The filters we recommend for wildfire smoke are the SAME FILTERS recommended for the virus. This morning we woke up to air quality hovering between Good and Moderate across the county. We can expect to see plumes of smoke overhead later today. The question is what happens next. Literally, just feet of visibility. The Storm Creek Fire and Granite Pass Complex are sending smoke into the Bitterroot Valley and will continue to do so for at least the next several days. We should see rain fall across the county, with the heaviest precipitation falling near the Idaho border. Because smoke conditions can change rapidly and vary widely based on location, wind, fire flare ups and proximity to fires, the department encourages individuals to use visibility as a guideline to help gauge air quality at a given time and place and take appropriate precautions. Enjoy the sky! By Monday night a new chapter may start with southerly winds bringing smoke from a large fire south of Ravalli County (and other Idaho/Montana fires). The good news is the winds from the incoming weather may help scour smoke out of the valleys, which would give us our first real air quality improvement in what feels like forever. I know it's frustrating when you're trying to plan your events, and I'm so happy folks are taking air quality into consideration when doing so. The smoke from central Washington fires will largely veer north of us, but we may see some smoke from fires in southeastern Washington. Last night, a significant amount of smoke landed in the Seeley Lake and Clearwater area. Please take some steps to have cleaner air to breathe! You know what’s nice during fire season? A Missoula County air quality permit will be required for locations within Missoula County, Montana. Concentrations at our monitors are starting to tick upward, and may reach Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups before conditions start improving later this afternoon. Found inside – Page 44... Roosevelt County, Rosebud County, Sheridan County, Treasure County, Valley County, Wibaux County. §81.171 Missoula Intrastate Air Quality Control Region ... (Happily(? The best option is a NIOSH-certified N95 respirator. However, the smoke is not super thick, and we are unlikely to see much more than increased haziness. Transport winds will be from the west again today, so the fires most likely to send us smoke are the aforementioned WA/ID/OR fires and some fires burning in the Idaho panhandle to our west.
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At Love’s, our values go beyond our name. The up part is great – it will take the valley smoke with it. EMAIL. A Missoula County air quality permit will be required for locations within Missoula County, Montana. Found inside – Page 322for Missoula, Montana, and the Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Program regulations with letters dated August 20, 1991 and June 4, 1992. Smoke from Canada is smoking out central Montana and is mostly north of Missoula County while we are spending our Saturday morning frolicking (or maybe sitting in nice clean air provided by an air cleaner) in Washington/Oregon smoke. The valleys of Missoula County could see Unhealthy air quality tonight. This layer of cold air in the valley floor is the inversion. Q: Can I put a HEPA filter in my window air conditioner or portable air conditioner to clean the air? (It may improve a bit, but probably not enough to bring the horizon into sharp focus.). Questions? If we’re lucky, we’ll avoid having a plume land on top of us, and we’ll just have a spectacularly colorful sunset. Soon we could have smoke in the county from local and regional fires. We are looking at clearing skies and incoming dry, windy conditions, so we may see those fires perk back up, and there’s the chance we’ll see some new starts from lightning associated with the incoming storms. Of course, the big news is what happens tomorrow. If you do need to get out and active this weekend, look for those opportunities (if they occur) when air quality is cleaner as shown by your own visual observations or Montana Todays Air. ), Look at that marvelous clean air. Air Monitoring Data Missoula Station. Our valleys rid themselves of some smoke yesterday, but you can tell from looking at the horizon that there is still a lot of smoke in the area. California has some new fires that are sending smoke up along western Oregon. This web page will be updated if air quality becomes Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse. TWEET. For folks in the Potomac Valley area, we’ll be keeping an eye on the new Anderson Hill fire. (Note: There is some model disagreement re: mixing heights. It has a tendril of smoke already hitting northwest Montana. email: bschmidt@missoulacounty.us, Sarah Coefield Those fires do not currently have any cloud cover, and they may wake up sufficiently to send smoke our way. Also, you need to cautious about adding an upgraded filter to a window or portable air conditioner because the increased resistance can reduce airflow across the cooling coils and cause them to ice up. We are unlikely to see clear skies any time soon. I don’t know which, if any, of them use monitoring data instead of models when reporting air quality, and I don’t know how accurate they are at assigning health categories. It’s “My college roommate is coming to visit” clean, not “My mother-in-law is coming to visit,” clean. It is our only local fire significantly impacting air quality. For example, high pressure will start building this weekend, which will prolong inversions and keep smoke in the valleys for later into the day. Contact an Air Quality Specialist, Benjamin Schmidt We do not have a permanent or temporary monitor in Lolo, but a Purple Air sensor on EPA’s Fire and Smoke map is showing air quality in Lolo near Highway 12 has been worsening since about midnight last night. With trees on them! The Missoula City-County Health Department said the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest is set to launch a prescribed burn 40 miles west of Missoula County on Friday morning. The department issued an air quality alert for Beaverhead, Carbon, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Missoula, Park, Pondera, Powder River, … and lots and lots of lightning (not yay!). Seeley Lake is getting a bout of Unhealthy air this morning, but there is some hope that that will be short lived. Mountains! (They used all caps to express HIGH confidence in thunderstorm development across the region today, so you know they’re serious.) Based on the satellite images, Seeley Lake air quality may have improved since midnight when air quality was unhealthy. If you’re out and about this afternoon and you notice the mountain tops are getting progressively hazier, and the haze is oozing downward, that’s a good sign the air quality is about to tank. Conditions on Saturday might improve somewhat under easterly flow, but we will still be under the high pressure ridge, so there’s a good chance haze will stick around. This is great! If not, no worries! So that’s going to be fun for them. It’s too soon to know how bad it will get, but there a chance we will see a significant amount of smoke over the weekend. Unhealthy Air Quality is likely to remain in the region through Sunday. The Storm Creek fire has burned about 3,000 acres and is in Idaho across from Stevensville. There may be isolated thunderstorms starting tonight, but the real show will be Sunday. Found inside – Page 59... Remedial actions , Liquid waste disposal , Missoula County ( Montana ) . ... Pinal Counties Air Quality Control District for failure to meet air quality ... I have pointed out a few of the plumes with red arrows. Source: NOAA https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/24hrqpfall.html. You generally get your best whiffs of VOCs when smoke is fresh. It’s a pretty light haze, and it's moving away from our area at a pretty good clip. Know what’s west of us? Must admit I was planning not to do a smoke update today, but that low pressure system has pulled smoke from the California fires and other fires south of Missoula County right into our breathing space. A sense of growing unease filters into the collective consciousness. It’s a bit glowy out there. It does not do you much good to bring in outside air if that air is harmful. A more southerly flow may send smoke from that fire into the Greenough and Potomac areas. Missoula County, MT Home Menu. If our luck holds, cloud cover and the dusting of precipitation they do see will calm smoke production and we’ll escape heavy smoke for at least a few more days. Yes, that’s smoke overhead. Check out www.montanawildfiresmoke.org for great tips to stay healthy and protect your indoor air quality! Fires that evade incoming cloud cover will have an active day, with high temperatures and some gusty winds. Found inside – Page 83... Lodge Powell County Commissioners 10-14-81 Missoula Missoula County attorney and city - county Air Quality officials 10-19-81 Superior Mineral County ... You can also check hourly PM2.5 levels at EPA’s Fire and Smoke map (fire.airnow.gov). That fire is smoking out Swan Lake something awful this morning (conditions are Unhealthy). In case you’re missing occasional smoke from the Dixie Fire in Idaho, smoke the Dixie Fire in California is on its way! It is midway between Swan Lake and Condon at MM 63 along Highway 83. Fires. We had a nice little break from smoke the last couple days, and we’re in better shape than southwest Montana, but we’ve started to see smoke roll in from fires in Idaho, Oregon and California, and folks near the Thorne Creek Fire and Crooks Fire are seeing daily smoke impacts. Image Source: NASA GOES 17 https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/?sat=goes-17&sec=full_disk&x=13204&y=2206&z=4&angle=0&im=12&ts=1&st=0&et=0&speed=130&motion=loop&maps%5Bborders%5D=white&lat=0&p%5B0%5D=geocolor&opacity%5B0%5D=1&pause=20210725142032&slider=-1&hide_controls=0&mouse_draw=0&follow_feature=0&follow_hide=0&s=rammb-slider&draw_color=FFD700&draw_width=6. NOW PLAYING: TV News However, there are fires burning west of us that may also put out plumes later today. Now that we will be back to more “normal” summer conditions, we may start seeing our fires perk up. Afternoon: The smoke is lifted, the air is better, the people rejoice. More Information about the NowCast method can be found here. Each dot on the map represents an air monitoring station, click on a dot for station specific data. With a return to hot, dry, sunny conditions, fires are revving back up in the northwest. The smoke in Condon wasn’t terrible yesterday evening, but that area may also be lined up with the Thorne Creek Fire today. Remember: This is temporary, and we will get through it! We look for those same values in our people. The skies are clear enough you can see into the valleys this morning! Missoula County Current Air Quality Missoula City-County Health Department COVID-19 Information Missoula County Vaccine Information Guidance for Employers: What to Expect if a Staff Member Tests Positive for COVID-19. No matter which way the wind blows, you can expect to see smoke! What we do know, is this is a good day. Well, yesterday’s weather wasn’t nearly as exciting as we expected. The red arrows in the picture below show the column of smoke that has impacted Missoula County for the last couple of hours. Current Permit Action Camas submitted a request to update MAQP #4054-00 to change the equipment identified within the permit. Head on over to www.montanawildfiresmoke.org for tips for creating cleaner indoor air space! Air quality in Missoula and Seeley Lake is currently Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups. Without thick overhead smoke, our local fires and fires in Washington and Idaho will continue to burn actively. This is why they're officially labeled (Occasional) Daily Questions! Now for the Wildfire Smoke Update. Of particular concern is the dry cold front that will start moving through the region tonight and into Thursday. I have no idea what the air quality is going to be next week. Image Source: NASA GOES 17 https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/?sat=goes-17&sec=full_disk&x=13298&y=2302&z=4&angle=0&im=12&ts=1&st=0&et=0&speed=130&motion=loop&maps%5Bborders%5D=white&lat=0&p%5B0%5D=geocolor&opacity%5B0%5D=1&pause=20180724153038&slider=-1&hide_controls=0&mouse_draw=0&follow_feature=0&follow_hide=0&s=rammb-slider&draw_color=FFD700&draw_width=6. We have another couple months of fire season ahead of us. We will still be under easterly flow, which should keep the Idaho smoke west of Missoula County. There is a chance we’ll see smoke from fires east of us later today. SHARE. With any luck, it will pass by us before atmospheric mixing begins. This is good news, because the lovely easterly winds keeping smoke in Idaho today and tomorrow will turn around and become westerly and southwesterly by Monday, which will mean a return of Idaho smoke when those fires wake up. Smoke and haze will likely linger until at least noon, but once the winds pick up, we should see some decent clearing. © 2021 Missoula County, MT. I’ve had multiple people ask if KN95s offer the same protection as N95 respirators. With no new smoke heading our way, we should see air quality improvements by late afternoon. We’re heading into a smoky stretch. New language proposed is underlined. So, while you’re gazing at the outlines of mountains in the distance and thinking sour thoughts about never ending haze, take some solace in the fact the same conditions may mean the fires move a bit slower today. Deja vu again. Gusty winds and hot temperatures will lead to active fire behavior today, but with the easterly winds, Missoula County’s day will hot, windy and hazy with intermittent smoke impacts. I like when the smoke models are optimistic. If you haven’t already done so, check out www.montanawildfiresmoke.org for great resources for getting through wildfire smoke season! Today looks similar to yesterday, smoke-wise. As you can see, the smoke has decided to visit and and could stay around through the holiday weekend. Found inside – Page 23754( 3 ) Helena Air Quality Maintenance In Hampshire County : the city of ... ( 2 ) Minneapolis - St . Paul Air Quality Missoula County . amended by adding ... This means Seeley Lake could see another hit of smoke late this afternoon/early evening. TL;DR: The filters we recommend for wildfire smoke are the SAME FILTERS recommended for the virus. This morning we woke up to air quality hovering between Good and Moderate across the county. We can expect to see plumes of smoke overhead later today. The question is what happens next. Literally, just feet of visibility. The Storm Creek Fire and Granite Pass Complex are sending smoke into the Bitterroot Valley and will continue to do so for at least the next several days. We should see rain fall across the county, with the heaviest precipitation falling near the Idaho border. Because smoke conditions can change rapidly and vary widely based on location, wind, fire flare ups and proximity to fires, the department encourages individuals to use visibility as a guideline to help gauge air quality at a given time and place and take appropriate precautions. Enjoy the sky! By Monday night a new chapter may start with southerly winds bringing smoke from a large fire south of Ravalli County (and other Idaho/Montana fires). The good news is the winds from the incoming weather may help scour smoke out of the valleys, which would give us our first real air quality improvement in what feels like forever. I know it's frustrating when you're trying to plan your events, and I'm so happy folks are taking air quality into consideration when doing so. The smoke from central Washington fires will largely veer north of us, but we may see some smoke from fires in southeastern Washington. Last night, a significant amount of smoke landed in the Seeley Lake and Clearwater area. Please take some steps to have cleaner air to breathe! You know what’s nice during fire season? A Missoula County air quality permit will be required for locations within Missoula County, Montana. Concentrations at our monitors are starting to tick upward, and may reach Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups before conditions start improving later this afternoon. Found inside – Page 44... Roosevelt County, Rosebud County, Sheridan County, Treasure County, Valley County, Wibaux County. §81.171 Missoula Intrastate Air Quality Control Region ... (Happily(? The best option is a NIOSH-certified N95 respirator. However, the smoke is not super thick, and we are unlikely to see much more than increased haziness. Transport winds will be from the west again today, so the fires most likely to send us smoke are the aforementioned WA/ID/OR fires and some fires burning in the Idaho panhandle to our west.
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