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AEUS75 KGJT 301411
AQAGJT
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
810 AM MDT WED SEP 30 2020
COC107-011500-
ROUTT-
810 AM MDT WED SEP 30 2020
...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM 800 AM
WEDNESDAY UNTIL 900 AM THURSDAY...
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT HAS
ISSUED THE FOLLOWING...
WHAT...AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE.
WHERE...ROUTT AND JACKSON COUNTIES. LOCATIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CLARK, WALDEN, AND COALMONT.
WHEN...800 AM WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30 TO 900 AM THURSDAY OCTOBER 01
IMPACTS...AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SMOKE CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE ADVISORY AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM THE MIDDLE FORK WILDFIRE.
SMOKE WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS
ATMOSPHERIC MIXING INCREASES. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TRANSPORT
WINDS AT THE FIRE WILL BE OUT OF A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. THIS
WILL SEND SMOKE TO LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF THE FIRE, POSSIBLE
BRINGING PERIODS OF HEAVY SMOKE TO SOUTHERN PARTS OF JACKSON
COUNTY. THE WIND WILL DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SMOKE WILL
BEGIN TO DRAIN TO LOWER ELEVATIONS SURROUNDING THE FIRE, MOSTLY
IMPACTING THE MAD CREEK DRAINAGE WESTWARD TO ROUTT COUNTY ROAD 129
BETWEEN STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND CLARK.
HEALTH INFORMATION...PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS: IF SMOKE IS
THICK OR BECOMES THICK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD YOU MAY WANT TO REMAIN
INDOORS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THOSE WITH HEART DISEASE,
RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES, THE VERY YOUNG, AND THE ELDERLY. CONSIDER
LIMITING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY WHEN MODERATE TO HEAVY SMOKE IS PRESENT.
CONSIDER RELOCATING TEMPORARILY IF SMOKE IS PRESENT INDOORS AND IS
MAKING YOU ILL. IF VISIBILITY IS LESS THAN 5 MILES IN SMOKE IN
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SMOKE HAS REACHED LEVELS THAT ARE UNHEALTHY.
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