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AIR QUALITY ALERT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1205 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2020
WYZ110-114-115-121815-
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ARLINGTON, ELK MOUNTAIN, CENTENNIAL, ALBANY,
BOSLER, AND LARAMIE
1205 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2020
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT MONDAY
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AIR QUALITY DIVISION
AND THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
WHAT...AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE.
WHERE...MOST OF SOUTHERN ALBANY COUNTY, AND SOUTHEAST CARBON
COUNTY.
WHEN...THROUGH NOON MDT MONDAY.
IMPACTS...SMOKE FROM THE MULLEN AND CAMERON PEAK WILDFIRES MAY CAUSE
POOR AIR QUALITY TODAY AND TONIGHT AS GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS
TRANSPORT SMOKE ACROSS THE REGION.
HEALTH INFORMATION...THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECOMMENDS 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 EFFECT. 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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