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AEUS75 KRIW 161649
AQARIW
AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1049 AM MDT WED OCT 16 2024
WYZ013-016-171900-
JACKSON HOLE-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF JACKSON AND DUBOIS
1049 AM MDT WED OCT 16 2024
..AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MDT THURSDAY
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...THE UPPER WIND RIVER VALLEY, AND JACKSON HOLE.
* WHEN...THROUGH 1 PM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17.
* IMPACTS...SMOKE FROM THE PACK TRAIL FIRE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING TODAY, AND WILL DRIFT BACK INTO THE JACKSON
HOLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
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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