Smoke Relief Should Arrive Late Tuesday

Air quality is pretty rough right now across most of Douglas County. The current AQI is at 159. Things should begin to improve later in the day on Tuesday and Wednesday morning we should wake up to much better air. Things will really start to cool down on Thursday with the highs being in the low 80's the rest of the week. Things will get better! (This is the most recent satellite image of the area. You can see lots of smoke and some clouds mixed in. The clouds are more white than the smoke.) Here is the latest forecast from NWS in Medford: https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?new&prod=XXXAFDMFR&wfo=mfr