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AEUS73 KDLH 201737
AQADLH
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1142 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2018
MNZ011-012-018-019-020-021-025-026-033-034-035-036-037-038-211400-
CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-CROW WING-NORTH CASS-NORTH
ITASCA-NORTH ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN AITKIN-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-
PINE-SOUTH AITKIN-SOUTH CASS-SOUTH ITASCA-SOUTHERN COOK/NORTH SHORE-
SOUTHERN LAKE/NORTH SHORE-
INCLUDING THE TRIBAL NATIONS OF FOND DU LAC, GRAND PORTAGE, LEECH
LAKE, AND MILLE LACS
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRAINERD, DULUTH, ELY, HIBBING, HINCKLEY, AND
TWO HARBORS
1142 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2018
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TODAY THROUGH 9 AM
TUESDAY...
THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY
ALERT FOR FINE PARTICLE POLLUTION FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.
A NARROW BUT THICK BAND OF WILDFIRE SMOKE ORIGINATING FROM BRITISH
COLUMBIA IS CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA THIS
MORNING. AIR POLLUTION MONITORS SHOW FINE PARTICULATES GREATER THAN
AN AIR QUALITY INDEX (AQI) VALUE OF 101 (ORANGE) IN THIS AREA. THIS
PLUME OF SMOKE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH DURING THE DAY AND PERSIST
INTO THE OVERNIGHT. DURING THIS TIME, FINE PARTICLE POLLUTION IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT, OR ABOVE, A LEVEL THAT IS CONSIDERED UNHEALTHY
FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE OVERNIGHT FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH AS THE SMOKE PLUME BEGINS TO EXIT THE REGION. THE
SMOKE IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE STATE COMPLETELY BY 9 A.M. TOMORROW.
AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS ISSUED WHEN THE AQI IS EXPECTED TO REACH OR
EXCEED 101, A LEVEL CONSIDERED UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS.
SENSITIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE (INCLUDING
ASTHMA), HEART DISEASE, CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE
ACTIVE OUTDOORS SHOULD LIMIT PROLONGED EXERTION.
KC
FOR INFORMATION ON CURRENT AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA
AND TO SIGN-UP FOR DAILY AIR QUALITY FORECASTS AND ALERT
NOTIFICATIONS BY EMAIL, TEXT MESSAGE, PHONE, OR THE MINNESOTA AIR
MOBILE APP, VISIT HTTPS://WWW.PCA.STATE.MN.US/AIR/CURRENT-AIR-
QUALITY.
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