Looks like we have an air pollution watch issued for the area due to high levels of Ozone. This is in effect for Wednesday June 24. I figure we may see more of these issued for the next few days at least since air temperatures are forecast to increase, and Ozone polution occurs as a result of high temperatures.
…AIR POLLUTION WATCH LEVEL RED…
AIR POLLUTION WATCH – LEVEL RED – FOR DALLAS-FORT WORTH.
THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (TCEQ) HAS ISSUED A
LEVEL RED AIR POLLUTION WATCH FOR THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA FOR
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2009.ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING
HIGH LEVELS OF OZONE AIR POLLUTION IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA
ON WEDNESDAY. OZONE LEVELS COULD REACH THE LEVEL RED “UNHEALTHY”
CATEGORY.ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS OF OZONE CAN ACT AS A LUNG IRRITANT.
INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE, SUCH AS ASTHMA AND
EMPHYSEMA, AS WELL AS THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG CHILDREN, ARE
PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO OZONE AND SHOULD ATTEMPT TO AVOID
EXPOSURE. TO AVOID EXPOSURE, MINIMIZE EXERTION OUTDOORS DURING
THE MID-DAY TO EARLY EVENING HOURS OR STAY INDOORS IN AN AIR-
CONDITIONED ROOM DURING THIS TIME.FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OZONE, VISIT THE TCEQ OZONE DATA PAGE:
(USE LOWER CASE LETTERS)
WWW.TCEQ.STATE.TX.US/NAV/DATA/OZONE_DATA.HTML
