Wisconsin - (Shawano/WIZ031) - Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/alerts/wi.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:09:57 4 en-us robert.bunge@noaa.gov w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Wisconsin (Shawano/WIZ031) Issued by the National Weather Service http://weather.gov/images/xml_logo.gif NOAA - National Weather Service http://weather.gov Air Quality Alert - Shawano (Wisconsin) http://www.weather.gov/alerts/WI.html#WIZ031.GRBAQAGRB.155200 TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...<br>STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...<br>APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...<br>TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ<br>952 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009<br><br>...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF EAST<br>CENTRAL WISCONSIN...<br><br>THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR<br>QUALITY ADVISORY FOR FINE PARTICULATES UNTIL 10 AM WEDNESDAY.<br>THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...MARATHON...WOOD...PORTAGE<br>SHAWANO...WAUPACA....WAUSHARA...WINNEBAGO...OUTAGAMIE AND BROWN.<br><br>THE AIR QUALITY INDEX EITHER EXCEEDS OR IS EXPECTED TO SOON<br>EXCEED AN UNHEALTHY LEVEL FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS<br>INCLUDING CHILDREN...ELDERLY PEOPLE...INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPIRATORY<br>AND CARDIAC PROBLEMS...OR ANYONE ENGAGED IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR<br>ACTIVITIES FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME.<br><br>THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ALSO CONTINUES THE<br>AIR QUALITY WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN THREE-QUARTERS OF WISCONSIN<br>THROUGH WEDNESDAY.<br><br>A STAGNANT AND DIRTY AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST<br>UNTIL A FRONTAL PASSAGE ON WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT<br>PARTICLE POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS WILL REACH UNHEALTHY LEVELS FOR<br>PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS IN ALL WISCONSIN COUNTIES SOUTH OF A<br>LINE EXTENDING WEST TO EAST FROM SOMERSET IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...TO<br>MERRILL TO MARINETTE TO STURGEON BAY.<br><br>TO HELP PREVENT POLLUTION FROM REACHING UNHEALTHY LEVELS...PEOPLE<br>IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO HELP DECREASE AIR POLLUTION BY<br>REDUCING DRIVING WHEN POSSIBLE...AVOID BURNING LEAVES...GRASS...BRUSH<br>OR WOOD...MINIMIZE VEHICLE ENGINE IDLING...POSTPONE USING SMALL<br>GAS OR DIESEL POWERED OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT...AND PRACTICE ENERGY<br>CONSERVATION.<br><br>FOR CURRENT INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY READINGS PLEASE CALL THE<br>DAILY AIR HOT LINE AT 1 8 6 6 DAILY AIR...OR 1 8 6 6 3 2 4 5 9 2 4.<br><br>$$<br><a href=http://www.crh.noaa.gov/grb/>Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage</a>