North Central Washington

The haze will persist through Thursday night in the Waterville Plateau and the Columbia Basin as well as parts of Okanogan County, including Omak.

Soaring temperatures led to extended business and restaurant closures and a fire that destroyed an entire town in British Columbia.

A spike in local wildfires in the past week has not produced a lot of smoke as they've been put out quickly.

Meteorologist Steve Van Horn with the National Weather Service says there’s a reason why the fires haven't caused much damage.

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Unusually warm weather led to an early melt-off of snow, and the ground is drying out more quickly than normal because of continued above normal temperatures.

Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan counties now have burn bans in place until the end of September.

Meteorologist Steve Van Horn with the National Weather Service says the atmosphere is conducive for the possibility of wet, slow-moving thunderstorms today.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Steve Bodnar says the chance for fires here is much lower, even with incoming hot weather.

The Wenatchee area as well as North Central Washington and the entire Northwest is about to see really hot weather, with temperatures at 20 degrees above normal by the weekend. National Weather Service meteorologist Steve Bodnar says the weather pattern is coming from an area of very strong high pressure...