Who might this affect?
- Kids
- Older adults
- Those with respiratory diseases
Take precautions, such as limiting physical exertion outdoors.
Follow these simple pollution prevention tips to reduce emissions from daily activities:
- Carpool, walk, bike, or use public transportation when possible.
- Refuel vehicles after dusk.
- Avoid excess idling and drive-through windows.
- Consolidate trips and avoid fast-starts.
- Postpone using gasoline-powered garden equipment or mowing the lawn until late evening, when temperatures are cooler.
- Work from home to reduce vehicle emissions, if your employer provides the option.
- Use energy efficient lighting and appliances recommended by the Energy Star Program.
- Turn off appliances and lights when not in use to reduce emissions from energy production.
- Adjust your thermostat by turning it up in the summer and down in the winter to reduce emissions from energy production.
- Recycle to reduce emissions related to producing paper, plastic, glass bottles, aluminum cans, and cardboard.
- Use “low VOC†or “zero VOC†paint and cleaning products.
- Consider burning gas logs instead of wood to reduce smoke.
- Avoid burning clean wood waste such as leaves and brush. If possible, recycle yard waste by shredding or chipping it at home or use a registered collection site. Never burn trash.
Air Quality Forecast
Sunny and humid with temperatures already approaching 80 degrees. High pressure over Wisconsin will keep skies mostly sunny, winds light from the northeast, and prevent any showers for today and Friday due to increased subsidence. Blocking subtropical ridge will keep temperatures at 90 or low 90’s until Monday with slowly building chances for afternoon thundershowers for the holiday weekend.
