North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District:

Smoke impacts may continue to reach Unhealthy to Very Unhealthy conditions over the next 24 hours in the communities indicated above. This forecast is expected to remain in effect until October 5, 2020. Updates will be provided as conditions change. No air quality ALERT for Hazardous conditions was issued today.

Residents should plan to continue to take measures to protect their health, such as staying indoors as much as possible to avoid exposure to smoke and wearing N95 masks if available. Air quality monitors and current AQI can be viewed at https://fire.airnow.gov.

Particulate Matter (PM2.5) monitors are located in Crescent City, Gasquet, Eureka, Fortuna, Weaverville, Hoopa, Weitchpec, Willow Creek, Klamath, Trinity Center, Bridgeville, and Garberville. Updates will be provided as conditions change. Fire information can be found at http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ or https://fire.airnow.gov/.

Current weather information can be found at www.wrh.noaa.gov. For more information, please see the NCUAQMD’s Public Service Announcements for recommendations on limiting smoke exposure on our website at www.ncuaqmd.org or call the District’s Wildfire Response Coordinator at (707) 443-3093 x122.