Air quality alert issued as Canadian wildfire smoke arrives for Wednesday and Thursday!
Central New York has issued an air quality alert due to smoke from Canadian wildfires combined with high heat and humidity. Residents are advised to limit strenuous outdoor activities, especially those with pre-existing respiratory conditions.
Why it matters
Regional air quality alerts are critical for public health, particularly for vulnerable populations during wildfire season.
An Air Quality Alert has been issued for all of Central New York by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. What is going on? : --Air quality levels of outdoor air are predicted to be greater than an air quality index value of 100 for the pollutant of ozone. --The air quality index (AQI) was created as an easy way to correlate levels of different pollutants to one scale. --The higher the AQI value, the greater the health concern. Why is this happening? : --A combination of high heat and humidity plus Canadian wildfire smoke aloft and at the surface will likely increase over our entire area for Wednesday and likely Thursday. What are the impacts?
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