Air Quality Alert

...AIR QUALITY WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CONTINUES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED AIR QUALITY WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN THREE QUARTERS OF WISCONSIN UNTIL MONDAY NOVEMBER 23. A STAGNANT AND INCREASINGLY DIRTY AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT PARTICLE POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS WILL REACH UNHEALTHY LEVELS FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS IN ALL WISCONSIN COUNTIES SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING WEST TO EAST FROM SOMERSET TO MERRILL TO MARINETTE TO STURGEON BAY. DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF PARTICLE POLLUTION IN THE REGION THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MAINTAINS AN AIR QUALITY WATCH ISSUED FOR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WATCH AFFECTS PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COUNTIES OF MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...SAUK... COLUMBIA...DODGE...WASHINGTON...OZAUKEE...IOWA...JEFFERSON... WAUKESHA...LAFAYETTE...GREEN...ROCK...WALWORTH...RACINE AND KENOSHA. TO HELP PREVENT POLLUTION FROM REACHING UNHEALTHY LEVELS... PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO HELP DECREASE AIR POLLUTION BY REDUCING DRIVING WHEN POSSIBLE...AVOID BURNING LEAVES...GRASS...BRUSH...OR WOOD...MINIMIZE VEHICLE ENGINE IDLING...POSTPONE USING SMALL GAS OR DIESEL POWERED OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT...AND PRACTICE ENERGY CONSERVATION. FOR CURRENT INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY READINGS PLEASE CALL THE DAILY AIR HOTLINE AT 1-866-DAILYAIR...1-866-324-5924.