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The highest smoke level is in Lake Wenatchee, with a 483 AQI.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Steve Bodnar reports that there will be increased smoke sometime Friday afternoon.

There may be multiple rounds of thunderstorms and rainfall near the Cascades starting Monday afternoon.

Unstable weather conditions may result in rapid fire growth for the White River and Irving Peak fires on Wednesday and Thursday.

The National Weather Service also forecasts that northeast winds coming from Canada and northwest Montana will bring increased smoke.

The weather forecast shows that a visit to the National Forests will require planning in advance. Okanogan-Wenatchee Public Affairs Officer Robin DeMario says roads could be slick and treacherous. "There's also potential for snow loading on trees and branches which might break off and fall across trails and roads ...

North Central Washington is expected to see hot temperatures to start the week, with some places hitting triple digits. National Weather Service Meteorologist Steven Van Horn says we'll see a ridge of high pressure over the region. "It's not going to be a strong one but we'll get some ridging that will build in and that's going to give us some warmer temperatures starting Monday ... Read Mor

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for North Central Washington beginning late tonight. They are saying that there could be between 3-5 inches of snow, coming down heavily at times, in the overnight hours and into tomorrow...

The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for the Wenatchee area, Okanogan Valley and Moses Lake area due to high wind gusts. The weather is expected to last throughout Saturday and into the evening. Gusts could reach as high as 40 to 50 mph and mountain ridges will experience gusts of 55 mph or more in the afternoon...

It was a record start to 2020 in the Wenatchee Valley according to the National Weather Service which saw highs reach 51 degrees. Meteorologist Rocco Pelatti says the old record was 50 degrees in 1997. "There was mixing of a lot of wind with the jetstream over us, or pretty darn close...