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Jaroso Fire Smoke Update through June 29, 2013 (Jaroso Fire Wildfire)

Updated 1400 MDT June 28, 2013 Valid through Saturday, June 29, 2013 Smoke Outlook Potentially significant smoke impacts from the Silver fire are expected in the Mimbres Valley and the communities of Hillsboro and Kingston tomorrow morning. Potentially unhealthy conditions (visibility of 1.5 to 2.75 miles or less) could occur. If they do, sensitive groups such as people with heart and/or lung disease, adults over age 65, young children, and pregnant women should avoid all outdoor activities until air quality improves. Everyone else should minimize outdoor activities. With light winds and increasing chances for thunderstorms predicted over the next day, smoke from the Silver and Jaroso fires will stay close to active fires and is expected to settle in to drainages below active fires tonight and tomorrow morning. In the areas near the fires, potential impacts could occur in communities nearby as storm activity pushes smoke in unpredictable directions. These impacts, if they were to...