Burnished Sky Reflections In Lake Forest

LAKE FOREST, CA — Patch Photos of the week show your favorite parts of Orange County living, and we love to share them with our weather updates! send your photos of the week to your editor over Facebook or email! Thank you Waheeda Kurji for this stunning sunset in south Orange County where "no sunset ever looks the same," Kurji said.

With smoke to the north and east, air pollution levels expected to remain high, the South Coast Air Quality Management District extended a no-burn alert through Tuesday night.

The order affects everyone living in the South Coast Air Basin, including Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, according to the AQMD.

It does not apply to mountain communities above 3,000 feet, the Coachella Valley or the High Desert or homes and low-income households that rely on wood as a sole source of heat.

People can still use gas and other non-wood burning fireplaces.

The order bans burning wood or manufactured fire logs in fireplaces or any indoor or outdoor wood-burning device.

"No-burn alerts are mandatory in order to protect public health when levels of fine particulate air pollution in the region are forecast to be high," according to the AQMD. "Smoke from wood burning can cause health problems."

SCAQMD’s Check Before You Burn program is in effect from November through the
end of February, when particulate levels are highest. Additional information is available
at www.AirAlerts.org . For 24-hour recorded information, call (866) 966-3293. An
interactive map is available at www.aqmd.gov/CheckBeforeYouBurn.

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4-day Forecast for Lake Forest

Today, partly cloudy starting tonight, continuing until tomorrow morning.

Wednesday November 7

Partly cloudy throughout the day. High 71, low 53.
Chance of precipitation: 9%. Wind 2 mph from the WSW

Thursday November 8

Partly cloudy in the morning and breezy starting in the evening. High 78, low 52.
Chance of precipitation: 4%. Wind 8 mph from the NNE

Friday November 9

Breezy until afternoon. High 79, low 55.
Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 14 mph from the NE

Saturday November 10

Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High 77, low 52.
Chance of precipitation: 0%. Wind 2 mph from the NNE
Data provided by darksky.net.

Photo, courtesy Waheeda Kurji