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AQAMPX
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
958 AM CDT MON SEP 2 2024
MNZ042>044-049>051-030600-
BENTON-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-SHERBURNE-STEARNS-TODD-
INCLUDING THE TRIBAL NATION OF MILLE LACS
INCLUDING THE CITY OF ST. CLOUD
958 AM CDT MON SEP 2 2024
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY
* WHAT...THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY HAS ISSUED AN AIR
QUALITY ALERT FOR FINE PARTICLES POLLUTION. THE AIR QUALITY
INDEX (AQI) IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE ORANGE OR UNHEALTHY FOR
SENSITIVE GROUPS CATEGORY.
* WHERE...CENTRAL, NORTHWEST, AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE GROUPS, SUCH AS PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE
(INCLUDING ASTHMA), HEART DISEASE, AND CHILDREN AND OLDER
ADULTS, MAY EXPERIENCE HEALTH EFFECTS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SMOKE FROM NUMEROUS WILDFIRES ACROSS THE
SASKATCHEWAN PROVINCE IN CANADA HAS BEEN PULLED INTO PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY NORTHERLY WINDS. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AND WILL PRODUCE VERY LIGHT
WINDS ON MONDAY. THIS AIRMASS HAS BECOME STAGNANT AND HEAVY
GROUND-LEVEL SMOKE WILL LINGER ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
STATE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY ON MONDAY. AIR QUALITY IS
EXPECTED REACH THE RED (UNHEALTHY) AQI CATEGORY ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AIR QUALITY WILL REACH THE ORANGE (UNHEALTHY
FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS) AQI CATEGORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
ALERT AREA. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY MONDAY AFTERNOON, AND
WILL BEGIN TO PUSH THE SMOKE BACK TO THE NORTH. DISPERSION WILL
IMPROVE AND SMOKE LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BEGINNING IN
THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE LEVELS SHOULD DROP BELOW ALERT LEVELS BY 1
A.M. TUESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
KEEP WINDOWS CLOSED OVERNIGHT TO PREVENT SMOKE FROM GETTING
INDOORS.
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 EPA AIRNOW
MOBILE APP, VISIT HTTPS://WWW.PCA.STATE.MN.US/AIR-WATER-LAND-
CLIMATE/CURRENT-AIR-QUALITY-CONDITIONS. YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH AND AIR QUALITY AT
HTTPS://WWW.PCA.STATE.MN.US/AIR-WATER-LAND-CLIMATE/AIR-QUALITY-
AND-HEALTH.
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