- Wildfires exceed 1 million acres burned in Oregon/Washington
- A bit more sunshine Sunday afternoon
- Warming up a bit Thursday/Friday, but mainly staying mild
FIRE DANGER & AIR QUALITY
Wildfires continue to burn out of control east of the Cascades with the low humidity and gusty winds. Eight new large fires have been reported since Friday. Northeast Oregon (specifically La Grande) is getting battered with smoke nonstop in this wind setup we’re in, considering the location of most fires. You can see the plumes of smoke quite clearly on our visible satellite this afternoon. Air quality advisories for central and northeastern Oregon continue through noon on Monday.
Of note is a new fire which started Thursday in the Mount Hood National Forest not too far from Pine Hollow, on the eastern slopes of Hood. It’s called the Grasshopper Fire, and it’s the closest one we’ve got (so far) to Portland. There’s a Mount Hood ultra trail race happening next weekend, the Hood Hundred, and they’ve already had to modify the course because of the fire.
The total number of acres burned in Oregon and Washington has now exceeded 1 million, and Oregon has the most wildfires burning of any other state in the country.
Air quality advisories remain in place for central and northeastern Oregon through noon on Monday.
COOLER THAN AVERAGE WEEKEND
We did get some slivers of sunshine and blue sky, but it stayed mainly cloudy west of the Cascades on Saturday- as we expected! That kept metro area highs in the mid 70s…