Air Quality Alert - Marquette (Wisconsin)

MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON...MONROE...
JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
154 PM CST SUN NOV 22 2009

...AIR QUALITY WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN...

THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CONTINUES THE
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED AIR QUALITY WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN THREE
QUARTERS OF WISCONSIN UNTIL MONDAY NOVEMBER 23.

A STAGNANT AND INCREASINGLY DIRTY AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER THE
UPPER MIDWEST. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT PARTICLE POLLUTION
CONCENTRATIONS WILL REACH UNHEALTHY LEVELS FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE
GROUPS IN ALL WISCONSIN COUNTIES SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING WEST TO
EAST FROM SOMERSET TO MERRILL TO MARINETTE TO STURGEON BAY.

DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF PARTICLE POLLUTION
IN THE REGION THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
MAINTAINS AN AIR QUALITY WATCH ISSUED FOR SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY. THIS WATCH AFFECTS PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COUNTIES OF
MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...SAUK...
COLUMBIA...DODGE...WASHINGTON...OZAUKEE...IOWA...JEFFERSON...
WAUKESHA...LAFAYETTE...GREEN...ROCK...WALWORTH...RACINE AND
KENOSHA.

TO HELP PREVENT POLLUTION FROM REACHING UNHEALTHY LEVELS...
PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO HELP DECREASE AIR
POLLUTION BY REDUCING DRIVING WHEN POSSIBLE...AVOID BURNING
LEAVES...GRASS...BRUSH...OR WOOD...MINIMIZE VEHICLE ENGINE
IDLING...POSTPONE USING SMALL GAS OR DIESEL POWERED OUTDOOR
EQUIPMENT...AND PRACTICE ENERGY CONSERVATION.

FOR CURRENT INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY READINGS PLEASE CALL THE
DAILY AIR HOTLINE AT 1-866-DAILYAIR...1-866-324-5924.

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