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Smoke Outlook 8/14-8/15/2022
Current Smoke Outlook for Central Oregon (airfire.org) 
 
Fire
The Windigo Fire is 1007 acres with 60% containment. The Potter Fire grew by 64 acres and is now 435 acres with 0% containment. The Big Swamp Fire is at 121 acres with 0% containment. No change in fire behavior is expected today. For additional information, see Windigo Fire, Potter Fire, and Big Swamp Fire.

Smoke
Smoke concerns will mainly be limited to the valleys closest to the fires of Potter and Cedar Creek. Cedar Creek will be the primary producer of the smoke and the impacts will be felt in Oakridge this morning and again tonight as a weak easterly nighttime flow helps to transport the smoke down stream through the Salmon and Salt Creek drainages. The common afternoon wind shift to northwest will drift the Cedar Creek smoke into Waldo Lake and Odell Lake each afternoon and then down the Highway 58 corridor into Crescent Lake area by evening and will remain entrenched through the night into the morning. The California smoke will overall remain east of the area today but a more southerly flow could bring some minor smoke impacts to visibility and air quality tomorrow.