Forecasters with the National Weather Service do not expect debilitating levels of smoke to drift into Eugene and Springfield from the 6,000-acre Emigrant Fire in southeast Lane County.
“It’s enough to notice the haze, but not enough to degrade the air quality into an unhealthy category,” said Tyler Kranz, lead meteorologist in the Portland office. “The worst of the smoke is south of Lane County, but not by much.”
Kranz was referring to how wind patterns and active fires may react over the next 48 hours. As of Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 26, smoke from the Emigrant Fire’s plume was blowing south, most noticeably into Roseburg.
Haze was visible in Eugene, Springfield, Cottage Grove and Oakridge and is expected to thicken through the day before tapering off by 5 p.m. Wednesday…