Advisory for PM2.5 (Orange)
| Start Date/Time: |
Sunday, July 16 – 12:00 pm CDT |
| End Date/Time: |
Monday, July 17 – 12:00 am CDT |
| Counties: |
Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Manitowoc, Marquette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, Vernon, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waushara, Winnebago |
| Comments: |
The air quality advisory issued on Friday, July 14, and set to expire at noon today has been EXTENDED for the southern half of Wisconsin. The advisory will now remain in effect until midnight Sunday night (Monday morning). Smoke originating from wildfires in western Canada will continue to move from northwest-to-southeast today, causing the air quality index (AQI) for PM2.5 to remain in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG) level. It is possible that isolated to scattered areas of Unhealthy AQI PM2.5 could develop, with the best chance for this to occur across southwestern Wisconsin within the Mississippi River Valley. People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children should consider avoiding prolonged or heavy exertion. Everyone else should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion. |
Details about this advisory are available on the Wisconsin Air Quality Monitoring Data site.
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