Calumet, MI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR MONDAY AUGUST 4, 2025 THROUGH TUESDAY
AUGUST 5...

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has extended the
Air Quality Advisory through Tuesday August 5, for elevated levels
of fine particulates (PM2.5). Pollutants are expected to be in the
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range.

The alert is in effect for all Michigan counties.

Any hopes that Monday morning would yield clearer skies were dashed
when a quick peek outside shows the same haziness that has plagued
the region for several days. As of mid-morning on Monday, nearly
every monitor in the state is registering at least USG conditions
with some reaching Unhealthy hourly readings.

The main culprit remains Canadian wildfire smoke, originating from
the Manitoba and Ontario Provinces. The second culprit is a stubborn
high-pressure cell planted over the Midwest which is holding the
smoke in place and compressing it close to the ground. The weak
clockwise winds will recirculate the worst of the smoke westward then
northward, back into the western U.P., but the entire state will
remain under hazy conditions during Tuesday. As a result, we will be
maintaining the state-wide Air Quality Advisory through Tuesday.
Models are indicating that as the high-pressure cell slowly exits the
region, Wednesday should be clean enough to end the advisories.

It is recommended that, when possible, you avoid strenuous outdoor
activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory
diseases like asthma.

Monitor for symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, chest tightness,
dizziness, or burning in nose, throat, and eyes.

Reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to air
pollution, such as: outdoor burning and use of residential wood
burning devices.

Tips for households: Keep windows closed overnight to prevent smoke
from getting indoors and, if possible, run central air conditioning
with MERV-13 or higher rated filters.

For further information, please see EPA's Air Now site for up-to-
date air quality data at https://www.airnow.gov

For further health information, please see MDHHS' Wildfire Smoke and
Your Health site at https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-
prev/environmental-health/your-health-and-wildfire-smoke.