Jefferson County Smoke Management Program

The Jefferson County Smoke Management Program is a cooperative effort of Jefferson County Seed Growers and the Jefferson County Rural Fire Protection District, committed to a safe, controlled agricultural field burning season that insures public safety and minimizes, to the greatest degree possible, impacts of smoke on the communities of Central Oregon.

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MORNING AIRCRAFT SOUNDING

 2009

 

 
2500 ft     5500 ft   Pilot Observations: 

 
3000 ft   6000 ft   Time:    
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The 2009 open-field burning season has ended. Some carrot vines will be burned;they burn in rows, smoldering low to the ground. Flaming will be allowed of previously burned fields.

Flaming and carrot vine burning will end on October 23,2009.

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Pilot Narrative: transport winds:

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(no more pilot temperature flights until the next burn season begins in August 2010)

 

Madras Airport Elev. 2450 ft. MSL

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