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AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1003 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2022
..AIR QUALITY ALERT
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEW MEXICO
DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, THE UNITED STATES FOREST
SERVICE AND THE INTERAGENCY WILDLAND FIRE AIR QUALITY RESPONSE
PROGRAM.
* WHAT...WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST SUSTAINED AROUND 15
MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN CERTAIN AREAS. SMOKE FROM THE BLACK
FIRE AND HERMITS PEAK-CALF CANYON FIRE WILL TEND TO DRIFT TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE VARIABLE WIND CONDITIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE BLACK FIRE CAN
CAUSE THE SMOKE TO DRIFT TO THE AREAS IN WESTERN PART OF NEW MEXICO
AROUND RESERVE. OVERNIGHT SMOKE MAYBE SEEN AROUND CABALLO AND TRUTH
OR CONSEQUENCES. IMPACTS FROM HERMITS PEAK-CALF CANYON FIRE WILL BE
MODERATE AND SMOKE MAYBE VISIBLE WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
UNHEALTHY IN TAOS, MORA, ANGEL FIRE, SAPELLO, AND LAS VEGAS.
* WHERE...MODERATE TO UNHEALTHY SMOKE IMPACTS CAN BE SEEN ACROSS
PORTIONS OF TAOS AND MORA COUNTY. ELSEWHERE, BRIEF MODERATE IMPACTS
POSSIBLE AT TIMES BUT WIDESPREAD UNHEALTHY CONDITIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED. MORE DETAILS AND LATEST AIR QUALITY INFORMATION CAN BE
FOUND AT HTTPS://FIRE.AIRNOW.GOV
* WHEN...THROUGH AT LEAST 1 PM MDT SATURDAY, JUNE 18TH.
* IMPACTS...THOSE WITH CONDITIONS SUCH AS ASTHMA, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE
PULMONARY DISEASE, INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE, LUNG CANCER, AND HEART
DISEASE WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO IMPACTS FROM POOR AIR
QUALITY, AS WILL ADULTS OVER AGE 65, YOUNG CHILDREN, AND PREGNANT
WOMEN IF SMOKE CONCENTRATIONS BECOME UNHEALTHY.
* HEALTH INFORMATION...REMEMBER, YOUR EYES ARE YOUR BEST TOOLS TO
DETERMINE IF IT IS SAFE TO BE OUTSIDE. USE THE 5-3-1 METHOD
AVAILABLE AT:
HTTPS://NMTRACKING.DOH.NM.GOV/ENVIRONMENT/AIR/FIREANDSMOKE.HTML.
IF VISIBILITY IS:
UNDER 5 MILES, THE AIR QUALITY IS UNHEALTHY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN,
ADULTS OVER AGE 65, PREGNANT WOMEN, AND PEOPLE WITH HEART
AND/OR LUNG DISEASE, ASTHMA OR OTHER RESPIRATORY ILLNESS.
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MINIMIZED.
AROUND 3 MILES, YOUNG CHILDREN, ADULTS OVER AGE 65, PREGNANT
WOMEN, AND PEOPLE WITH HEART AND/OR LUNG DISEASE, ASTHMA OR OTHER
RESPIRATORY ILLNESS SHOULD AVOID ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
AROUND 1 MILE, THE AIR QUALITY IS UNHEALTHY FOR EVERYONE. PEOPLE
SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND AVOID ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING
RUNNING ERRANDS. UNLESS AN EVACUATION HAS BEEN ISSUED, STAY INSIDE
YOUR HOME, INDOOR WORKPLACE, OR IN A SAFE SHELTER.
WITH THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC AFFECTING NEW MEXICO AND WITH THE
WILDFIRE SEASON UNDERWAY, NEW MEXICANS WILL NEED TO TAKE EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO HAVE MORE
SEVERE REACTIONS IF THEY ARE INFECTED COVID-19. THE BEST WAY TO
PROTECT AGAINST THE POTENTIALLY HARMFUL EFFECTS OF WILDFIRE SMOKE AND
TO REDUCE THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IS TO STAY HOME AND CREATE A CLEAN
INDOOR AIR SPACE. NMDOH OFFERS TIPS HERE:
HTTPS://NMTRACKING.DOH.NM.GOV/ENVIRONMENT/AIR/INDOORQUALITY.HTML AND
HTTPS://CV.NMHEALTH.ORG
NEW MEXICANS WILL ALSO NEED TO TAKE STEPS TO KEEP THEIR HOMES COOL TO
AVOID HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES. NMDOH OFFERS TIPS HERE:
HTTPS://NMTRACKING.DOH.NM.GOV/HEALTH/CLIMATE/HEATILLNESS.HTML.
FOR SMOKE FORECAST OUTLOOKS FROM THE INTERAGENCY WILDLAND FIRE AIR
QUALITY RESPONSE PROGRAM PLEASE VISIT:
HTTPS://OUTLOOKS.WILDLANDFIRESMOKE.NET.
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