Decision For: Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Daily Notes: Marginal to good smoke ventilation conditions are forecasted for mid-day today, with poor ventilation conditions in the late morning and early evening. Limited burning allowed in some areas today. Go to ecy.wa.gov AQ ambient air monitoring for air quality information for your area. Standard Notes: When you are ready to begin burning customers should contact Ecology at 509-575-2490 Mon-Fri from 8-5. Weekend burn requests must be made on Friday prior to each weekend for burn decision consideration. (NOTE: calling 575-2490 outside of M-F 8-5 will reach Washington Department of Emergency Management who cannot help with burn call issues). If a recording is listed as CALL IN, growers need to contact Ecology in Yakima at 509-575-2490, Mon-Fri from 8-5 to get scheduled for a burn decision. Winds are indicated by direction the wind is coming from (i.e.: if you face in the direction listed, the wind would be blowing in your face) Air authorities: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/air/local.html Zone map: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/air/pdfs/ZoneMap.pdf Subscription: http://listserv.wa.gov/archives/crodecision.html For subscription services to Eastern Regions Daily Burn Decision you must go to: http://listserv.wa.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=ecy-ag-burn-decision&A=1 Contact the Central Region Burn Team if you have questions regarding the daily burn decision (509) 575-2490. Ag & outdoor burning questions in: Spokane (509) 477-4727, Benton (509) 943-3396 or Yakima (509) 834-2050 (all local air authorities) Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, or Klickitat: (509) 575-2490 (Ecology, Yakima office) Eastern Washington counties not listed: (509) 329-3400 (Ecology, Spokane office) Forecast: An upper level trough will result in continued shower activity over the area today. Cooler air aloft will create unstable conditions with isolated thunderstorms possible during the afternoon. Some threat of showers will continue through the week under moist westerly flow. The next stront pacific frontal system will bring rain and wind Friday. Expect cool wet weather this weekend and limited burning if burnign is allowed. followed by a possible storm by next Monday. Okanogan ACRE / PILE LIMIT, see notes; Start at 10:00 AM Fires out by 3:00 PM winds W am W pm notes: Permit holders are allowed to burn 2 large pile (greater than 10 ft. high and 20 ft. in diameter) or 4 small piles. Do not burn if your piles are too wet for a hot, efficient burn or if precipitation is too heavy to allow for burning and only ignite as many piles as you can effectivley control Chelan ACRE / PILE LIMIT, see notes; Start at 10:00 AM Fires out by 3:00 PM winds W am W pm notes: Permit holders are allowed to burn 2 large pile (greater than 10 ft. high and 20 ft. in diameter) or 4 small piles. Do not burn if your piles are too wet for a hot, efficient burn or if precipitation is too heavy to allow for burning and only ignite as many piles as you can effectivley control Douglas Start at 10:00 AM Fires out by 3:00 PM winds NW am W pm notes: Kittitas Start at 10:00 AM Fires out by 3:00 PM winds NW am W pm notes: Klickitat Start at 10:00 AM Fires out by 3:00 PM winds W am SW pm notes: