Bergland, MI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY JULY 24 AND FRIDAY JULY 25, 2025...

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
(EGLE) has issued an Air Quality Advisory for elevated levels of
fine particulates (PM2.5) in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan starting
at 3 PM EDT Thursday. Pollutants are expected to be in the Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups (USG, Orange AQI) range.

The Air Quality Advisory is in effect for the following Michigan
Counties,

Keweenaw, Menominee, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette, Baraga, Northern
Houghton, Southern Schoolcraft, Ontonagon, Delta, Gogebic, Luce,
Alger, Northern Schoolcraft, and Southern Houghton.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires will move into the Upper Peninsula this
afternoon. Models then show the plume moving southeast, reaching the
northern portions of the Lower Peninsula early Friday morning and
continuing towards the central portion of the state. As the smoke
moves in, we anticipate PM2.5 to increase into the Unhealthy for
Sensitive Groups (USG) range. There is a possibility that hourly
levels could reach the Unhealthy (red AQI) range for a short period
of time.

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

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 up-to-date air quality data for Michigan visit the MiAir site at
https://air-egle.hub.arcgis.com.

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.