Washington State Wildfire Smoke Forecast

On Monday morning, much of the state of Washington was under a hazy cloud of smoke. The smoke originates from several fires all around the Pacific Northwest.

We have a few burning here in Washington:

The Airplane Lake Fire (900 acres as of 8/17) is burning 22 miles northwest of Leavenworth. Located in the White River Drainage a few miles from last year's Irving Peak and White River fires.
Blue Lake Fire (196 acres as of 8/21) is burning 12 miles north of Stehekin.
The Sourdough Fire (just under 6,000 acres as of 8/21) is burning north of the North Cascades Highway (Route 20) near Diablo Lake & Gorge Lake.
The Gray Fire (10,000 acres as of 8/21) destroyed 185 structures in Medical Lake and is responsible for 2 deaths.
The Oregon Fire (10,000 acres as of 8/20) is burning between highway 2 (that connects Spokane with Newport, WA and Priest River) and the Idaho border. The fire is burning just to the north of Mt. Spokane.
The Crater Creek Fire (8.000 acres as of 8/20) 30 miles to west of Lake Osoyoos.

Fires in British Columbia include:

The McDougall Creek Fire has charred homes in West Kelowna (with visual scene reminiscent of the loss of cabins and homes on Lake Chelan’s South Shore a few years ago) and the Lake Okanagan Resort. The McDougall Creek Fire is part of the worst fire season on record in Canada.