Courtesy of Elissa Looney/Hillsboro

The last weekend of August will feel a lot like April or May as a cool system pushes in from the coast clearing out all the smoke and haze and leaving Portland with some clouds Friday. After morning clouds we'll see mostly sunny skies and a high of just 70 degrees.

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NOAA

The average high temp for the final week of August is 79, but forecasters don't see a chance of that temperature showing up until Monday or Tuesday of next week.

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AirNow.gov

Portland area air now back to "good!"

Saturday will be a partly sunny and cool day again with a high of only 71. It will be a great day for any outdoor chores you've been putting off due to heat and/or smoke. However, please remember that burn bans are still in place all over Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. It's still very dry out there. Put the burning off until the fall.

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AirNow.gov

Still some hazardous air in the Pacific Northwest

Marine moisture is likely to move in later on Saturday night and bring light showers to the northern parts of the metro area where the onshore flow is the strongest. Anyone could see a sprinkle or two by Saturday night and many will see showers on Sunday.

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Mark Graves/The Oregonian/Oregonlive

Sunday will be a gray day with temperatures struggling to get out of the high 60s. Most of the rain chances are set for after 11 a.m. The high on Sunday will be 68 at the airport.

]Current computer models put more sun and warmer temperatures in the forecast for Monday and Tuesday, although, nothing too hot.

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Thankfully, the hazardous plume brought to us by wildfires finally appears to have cleared out of the Portland area for now. But here's a look back at the last couple of weeks of air quality across the region. Data provided by the Environmental Protection Agency. https://trib.al/fOIAHNY Posted by The Oregonian on Friday, August 24, 2018