Air Quality Alert
MIZ063-068>070-075-076-082-083-272200-
ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...
ANN ARBOR...DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE
412 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR SUNDAY MAY 27TH...
THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT HAS
DECLARED SUNDAY...MAY 27TH...TO BE AN ACTION DAY FOR
ELEVATED LEVELS OF OZONE. POLLUTANTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE
UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS RANGE.
THE ACTION DAY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING MICHIGAN COUNTIES...
LENAWEE...LIVINGSTON...MACOMB...MONROE...OAKLAND...ST CLAIR...
WASHTENAW...AND WAYNE COUNTIES.
PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES ARE URGED TO AVOID ACTIVITIES WHICH LEAD
TO OZONE FORMATION. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE...REFUELING VEHICLES
OR TOPPING OFF WHEN REFUELING...USING GASOLINE POWERED LAWN
EQUIPMENT...AND USING CHARCOAL LIGHTER FLUID. POSITIVE ACTIVITIES
INCLUDE...CAR POOLING...BIKING TO WORK...DELAYING OR COMBINING
ERRANDS AND USING WATER BASED PAINTS.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ACTIVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS...AND PERSONS
WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASES SUCH AS ASTHMA...LIMIT PROLONGED
OUTDOOR EXERTION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE SEE THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT AIR QUALITY INDEX PAGE ON THE
INTERNET AT...HTTP://WWW.DEQMIAIR.ORG
Hazardous Weather Outlook
208 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE... THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SHOWERS ARE LIKELY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TRI CITIES
AND NORTHERN THUMB REGIONS DURING REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH
WHILE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
ELSEWHERE...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL RAMP UP DURING THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY FROM THE OHIO BORDER NORTHWARD
THROUGH INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL MARK THE PASSAGE OF THE WARM FRONT THAT WILL SEND DAYTIME HIGH
TEMPERATURES TO NEAR 90 DEGREES WITH HEAT INDICES OF MID 90S BY LATE
IN THE DAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FROM LATE MONDAY INTO
MONDAY NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST
FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE.
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY...WITH HEAT
INDICES AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
Special Weather Statement
434 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A GUST FRONT ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROMEO TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
FOWLERVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO TURN NORTH AND PRODUCE GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH
AS TEMPERATURES FALL 10 DEGREES.
THE GUST FRONT WILL BE NEAR...
RAY CENTER...STONEY CREEK METRO PARK...OAK GROVE...FOWLERVILLE AND
CLARKSTON AROUND 440 PM EDT.
WASHINGTON AND HARTLAND AROUND 445 PM EDT.
NEW HAVEN...SHELBY TOWNSHIP...ROCHESTER HILLS...CHESTERFIELD
TOWNSHIP...AUBURN HILLS...WHITE LAKE AND WATERFORD AROUND 450 PM EDT.
There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Municipal Airport, .
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