Smoke Report: September 2, 2026

Wildfire smoke prevalence at the ground level in the U.S. is LOW and decreasing. Smoke is currently impacting the Pacific West and Mountain West regions.

In the Pacific Northwest, east of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon will experience periods of scattered LIGHT smoke today and minimal smoke tomorrow. Central and Southern California will expect periods of scattered LIGHT smoke impacts today and tomorrow.
In the Mountain West, Idaho and Western Montana will be impacted by periods of scattered LIGHT smoke today and minimal smoke tomorrow.
There are eight air resource advisors assigned in New Mexico (1), Washington (1), Oregon (5), and California (1).

Air quality across the western U.S. on September 2 2026 from airnow.gov

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