National City, MI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY JULY 25...

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air
Quality Advisory for Friday July 25, 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,

Roscommon, Charlevoix, Missaukee, Beaver Island and surrounding
islands, Wexford, Manistee, Mackinac Island/Bois Blanc Island,
Emmet, Iosco, Ogemaw, Presque Isle, Cheboygan, Alcona, Eastern
Mackinac, Western Mackinac, Montmorency, Otsego, Southeast Chippewa,
Antrim, Central Chippewa, Leelanau, Arenac, Western Chippewa,
Kalkaska, Grand Traverse, Benzie, Alpena, Oscoda, Crawford, and
Gladwin.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires will move over the area through this
morning, and continue into central lower Michigan through the day. As
smoke moves in, PM2.5 concentrations are anticipated to increase into
the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG) range. There is a
possibility that hourly levels 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.