AIR QUALITY ALERT
Warning Issue Date: 952 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009
...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF EAST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR
QUALITY ADVISORY FOR FINE PARTICULATES UNTIL 10 AM WEDNESDAY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...MARATHON...WOOD...PORTAGE
SHAWANO...WAUPACA....WAUSHARA...WINNEBAGO...OUTAGAMIE AND BROWN.
THE AIR QUALITY INDEX EITHER EXCEEDS OR IS EXPECTED TO SOON
EXCEED AN UNHEALTHY LEVEL FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS
INCLUDING CHILDREN...ELDERLY PEOPLE...INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPIRATORY
AND CARDIAC PROBLEMS...OR ANYONE ENGAGED IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME.
THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ALSO CONTINUES THE
AIR QUALITY WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN THREE-QUARTERS OF WISCONSIN
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
A STAGNANT AND DIRTY AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST
UNTIL A FRONTAL PASSAGE ON WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT
PARTICLE POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS WILL REACH UNHEALTHY LEVELS FOR
PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS IN ALL WISCONSIN COUNTIES SOUTH OF A
LINE EXTENDING WEST TO EAST FROM SOMERSET IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...TO
MERRILL TO MARINETTE TO STURGEON BAY.
TO HELP PREVENT POLLUTION FROM REACHING UNHEALTHY LEVELS...PEOPLE
IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO HELP DECREASE AIR POLLUTION BY
REDUCING DRIVING WHEN POSSIBLE...AVOID BURNING LEAVES...GRASS...BRUSH
OR WOOD...MINIMIZE VEHICLE ENGINE IDLING...POSTPONE USING SMALL
GAS OR DIESEL POWERED OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT...AND PRACTICE ENERGY
CONSERVATION.
FOR CURRENT INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY READINGS PLEASE CALL THE
DAILY AIR HOT LINE AT 1 8 6 6 DAILY AIR...OR 1 8 6 6 3 2 4 5 9 2 4.
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