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AQARIW
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
109 PM MDT TUE OCT 15 2024
WYZ005-007-016>019-161915-
SOUTHWEST BIGHORN BASIN-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-
UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN-LANDER FOOTHILLS-
GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF THERMOPOLIS, DUBOIS, RIVERTON, SHOSHONI,
LANDER, AND JEFFREY CITY
109 PM MDT TUE OCT 15 2024
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MDT WEDNESDAY
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED ON BEHALF OF THE WYOMING
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AIR QUALITY DIVISION, AND THE
WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
* WHAT...AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE.
* WHERE...FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1 PM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16.
* IMPACTS...SMOKE FROM THE PACK TRAIL WILDFIRE CONTINUES TO BE
OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. THE SMOKE IS
LIMITING VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
HEALTH INFORMATION...THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECOMMENDS
THAT THE ELDERLY, YOUNG CHILDREN, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPIRATORY
PROBLEMS AVOID EXCESSIVE PHYSICAL EXERTION AND MINIMIZE OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES DURING THIS TIME. WILDFIRE SMOKE IS MADE UP OF A VARIETY
OF POLLUTANTS, INCLUDING PARTICULATE MATTER AND OZONE, WHICH CAN
CAUSE RESPIRATORY HEALTH EFFECTS. ALTHOUGH THESE PEOPLE ARE MOST
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEALTH IMPACTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ALSO ADVISES
THAT EVERYONE SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO POOR AIR QUALITY
CONDITIONS.
CURRENT CONDITIONS...THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY, AIR QUALITY DIVISION OFFERS NEAR REAL-TIME AIR QUALITY DATA
FOR WYOMING'S MONITORING STATIONS AND HEALTH EFFECTS INFORMATION TO
HELP THE PUBLIC INTERPRET CURRENT CONDITIONS. CURRENT AIR QUALITY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE OF WYOMING CAN BE FOUND AT
HTTP://WWW.WYVISNET.COM/.
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