349  
AEUS73 KMQT 241747  
AQAMQT  
 
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE  
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI  
147 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2023  
 
MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-260000-  
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-  
GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-  
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COPPER HARBOR, ONTONAGON, HOUGHTON, HANCOCK,  
L'ANSE, GWINN, MARQUETTE, GRAND MARAIS, MUNISING, NEWBERRY,  
IRONWOOD, IRON RIVER, IRON MOUNTAIN, MENOMINEE, ESCANABA, GLADSTONE,  
MANISTIQUE, KENTON, SIDNAW, AND SENEY  
147 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2023 /1247 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2023/  
   
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT  
 
THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES, AND ENERGY HAS  
ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT, IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY  
NIGHT.  
 
SMOKE ORIGINATING FROM WILDFIRES IN WEST AND CENTRAL CANADA WILL BE  
MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY INTO TUESDAY. AS THIS HAPPENS,  
INCREASES IN PM2.5 CONCENTRATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE UPPER  
PENINSULA. TODAY THE AIR QUALITY INDEX ACROSS THE UPPER PENINSULA  
WILL LIKELY INCREASE INTO THE UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS (ORANGE)  
RANGE; HOWEVER CONCENTRATIONS REACHING THE UNHEALTHY (RED) LEVEL ARE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
SENSITIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE (INCLUDING  
ASTHMA), HEART DISEASE, AND CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS, SHOULD LIMIT  
PROLONGED OR HEAVY EXERTION.  
 
REDUCE OR ELIMINATE ACTIVITIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO AIR POLLUTION,  
SUCH AS OUTDOOR BURNING, AND USE OF RESIDENTIAL WOOD BURNING DEVICES.  
 
REDUCE VEHICLE TRIPS AND VEHICLE IDLING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND  
REDUCE REFUELING YOUR VEHICLE.  
 
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 THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF  
ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES, AND ENERGY'S AIR QUALITY INDEX PAGE ON THE  
INTERNET AT:  
 
HTTP://WWW.DEGMIAIR.ORG/  
 
 
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