Decision For: Thursday, November 9, 2006 Daily Notes: Marginal to good smoke ventilation conditions are forecasted for mid-day today, with poor ventilation conditions in the morning and early evening. Limited burning allowed in most areas today. High winds are forecasted for some counties today; DO NOT BURN IF WINDS EXCEED 15MPH. 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: A vigorous pacific front will bring rain and wind late tonight and Friday. Moist westerly flow will bring cool showery weather this weekend. Poor to very poor smoke ventilation conditions are forecasted for Friday, expect no burning to be allowed. Okanogan NO BURN notes: Chelan ACRE / PILE LIMIT, see notes; Start at 10:00 AM Fires out by 3:00 PM winds NW am NW 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 WINDS EXCEED 15MPH. 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 ACRE / PILE LIMIT, see notes; Start at 10:00 AM Fires out by 3:00 PM winds NW am NW 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 WINDS EXCEED 15MPH. 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 Kittitas ACRE / PILE LIMIT, see notes; Start at 10:00 AM Fires out by 3:00 PM winds NW am NW 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 WINDS EXCEED 15MPH. 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 Klickitat 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 WINDS EXCEED 15MPH. 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