AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 844 PM PST SUN DEC 27 2009
AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST
INTERIOR AND PARTS OF THE PUGET SOUND UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY.
* A LOW LEVEL INVERSION WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...
TRAPPING COLDER AIR NEAR THE SURFACE UNDER WARMER AIR ALOFT.
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY MORNING.
* THE LACK OF MIXING WILL KEEP POLLUTANTS...SUCH AS WOOD SMOKE AND
INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS...TRAPPED IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...THUS
REDUCING AIR QUALITY.
* THE MOST LIKELY PLACES TO EXPERIENCE REDUCED AIR QUALITY WILL BE
ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-5 CORRIDOR SOUTH OF SEATTLE...AND OVER
THE HOOD CANAL AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS BASED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS. IT IS
NOT AN AIR POLLUTION ADVISORY OR FORECAST. AIR POLLUTION ADVISORIES
AND FORECASTS ARE ISSUED BY AIR QUALITY AGENCIES. CHECK WITH YOUR
LOCAL AIR QUALITY AGENCY FOR POSSIBLE RESTRICTIONS.
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