August 31, 2013 - Air Quality Alerts and Advisories

Air Quality Alerts and Advisories (updated August 31, 2013)

The Rim fire is affecting air quality in Yosemite and the Southern Sierra currently.

From the National Weather Service:

Air Quality Alert

FRESNO-KERN-KINGS-MADERA-MARIPOSA-MERCED-TULARE-TUOLUMNE

AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
1200 PM PDT SAT AUG 31 2013

THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...MARIPOSA COUNTY...AND TUOLUMNE COUNTY AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS HAVE ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT DUE TO
SMOKE IMPACTS FROM THE RIM FIRE IN MARIPOSA...MERCED...MADERA...
FRESNO...KINGS...TULARE...TUOLUMNE AND THE VALLEY PORTION OF KERN
COUNTIES.

THIS AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PDT MONDAY
SEPTEMBER 2.

EXPOSURE TO PARTICLE POLLUTION CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH
PROBLEMS...AGGRAVATE LUNG DISEASE...CAUSE ASTHMA ATTACKS AND
ACUTE BRONCHITIS...AND INCREASE RISK OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS.

RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
PEOPLE WITH HEART OR LUNG DISEASES SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR DOCTORS
ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH EPISODES OF UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY.

ADDITIONALLY...OLDER ADULTS AND CHILDREN SHOULD AVOID PROLONGED
EXPOSURE...STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES OR HEAVY EXERTION...AS CONDITIONS
DICTATE.