Bear Lake, MI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 4...

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air
Quality Advisory for Wednesday June 4, 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 the following Michigan Counties,

Southeast Chippewa, Charlevoix, Central Chippewa, Beaver Island and
surrounding islands, Antrim, Mackinac Island/Bois Blanc Island,
Western Chippewa, Manistee, Leelanau, Emmet, Kalkaska, Grand
Traverse, Benzie, Cheboygan, Eastern Mackinac, and Western Mackinac.

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 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.

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY
THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Highest gusts up to 25 kts from the west and highest
waves around 4 feet.

* WHERE...Grand Traverse Bay south of a line Grand Traverse
Light to Norwood MI, Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge
including Little Traverse Bay, Sleeping Bear Point to Grand
Traverse Light MI, Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI and
Manistee to Point Betsie MI.

* WHEN...Until 4 AM EDT early this morning.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

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