Why Puget Sound likely won t be seeing wildfire smoke this week
Varden/Cedar/Delancy fires near Mazama, WA on July 12, 2021.
Wildfires burning in Southeast Washington, the Methow Valley, and in the Yakima area are making the smoke moderately strong in those regions this week, but Western Washington looks likely to escape the unhealthy air for now.
The Washington State Department of Ecology issued an air quality warning to Asotin, Garfield and Whitman Counties, noting that the air quality could get up to levels that are unhealthy for sensitive groups.
But if counties west of the mountains get any smoke, it will not be from our own state’s fires.