Winter Wonderland - - Soot Alert Wednesday For Much Of Wisconsin
Watch for Particle Pollution
An Air Quality Watch is issued when conditions are favorable for air pollutants to reach the Orange level based on the Air Quality Index.Start Time: | 1:00 AM CST Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
End Time: | 7:00 AM CST Thursday, December 30, 2010 |
Counties: | Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond Du Lac, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Lafayette, Manitowoc, Marquette, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Winnebago |
AIR QUALITY INDEX CHART
Air Quality Index (AQI) Values | Levels of Health Concern | Colors |
When the AQI is in this range: | ...air quality conditions are: | ...as symbolized by this color: |
0 to 50 | Good | Green |
51 to 100 | Moderate | Yellow |
101 to 150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | Orange |
151 to 200 | Unhealthy | Red |
201 to 300 | Very Unhealthy | Purple |
301 to 500 | Hazardous | Maroon |
1 comment:
Funny how some East Coast cities get consistently better air quality than "rural" Wisconsin. The sad thing is that all this pollution isn't even caused by the production of anything of value. It's just form people driving their cars 10 miles to get a jug of milk.
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