AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 929 AM PST SUN DEC 27 2009
...AIR STAGNATION TO LAST THROUGH MONDAY...
IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ032>038-041>044-270145-
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NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D`ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER...COEUR D`ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...
MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...
LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...
POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...
TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...
RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...
SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...
CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...
WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...
TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...
BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...
MANSFIELD
928 AM PST SAT DEC 26 2009
...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY
BELOW 3000 FEET...
THE AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY BELOW 3000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY.
* ADVISORY: STABLE CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASING POLLUTION LEVELS. AIR STAGNATION
MAY BE A PROBLEM THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELEVATIONS IN EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE
NORTH AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE BELOW 3000 FEET.
* IMPACTS: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENTLY STRONG FROM COEUR
D`ALENE NORTH TO SANDPOINT TODAY TO KEEP THE AIRMASS FROM
BECOMING STAGNANT. HOWEVER...THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BY LATER TODAY...AND LAST THROUGH MONDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY INDICATES THAT LIGHT WINDS AND STABLE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AND POLLUTION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
INCREASE TO DANGEROUS LEVELS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESS
SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR PHYSICIANS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH HIGH
LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION.
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