Active Advisories: Air Quality Alert
Currently
Reported at Bloomington, Monroe County Airport, IN
6:53 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012- 88°F31°C
Clear- Feels Like:88°F31°CDew Point:63°F17°CHumidity:43%
Winds:S 5 mph 8 kph
Pressure:29.97 in1015 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters
Air Quality Alert
INZ037-039-046-048-051-053>056-061-062-064-067-071-280015- BOONE-HAMILTON-HENDRICKS-HANCOCK-VIGO-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY- GREENE-MONROE-BARTHOLOMEW-KNOX-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...SEYMOUR 701 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...AN OZONE ACTION DAY HAS BEEN DECLARED... THE OFFICIALS AT THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT HAVE CALLED FOR AN OZONE ACTION DAY ON SUNDAY...MAY 27TH FOR THE FOLLOWING INDIANA COUNTIES... HAMILTON...HANCOCK...SHELBY...JOHNSON...MORGAN...GREENE...MONROE... OWEN...HENDRICKS...BOONE...VIGO...JACKSON...BARTHOLOMEW AND KNOX. AN OZONE ACTION DAY MEANS THAT A COMBINATION OF THE HIGH TEMPERATURES...LIGHT WINDS...AND OTHER FACTORS...ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS WHERE HIGH LEVELS OF OZONE EMISSIONS...MAY EXCEED FEDERALLY MANDATED STANDARDS. HERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDED ACTIONS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN TAKE TO REDUCE OZONE FORMING EMISSIONS. RIDE THE BUS INSTEAD OF TAKING YOUR CAR. CAR-POOL WITH A FRIEND OR CO-WORKER. REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT IN DRIVE THRU LANES. POSTPONE FILLING OR TOPPING OFF YOUR GAS TANK UNTIL AFTER DARK. PUT OFF MOWING YOUR LAWN UNTIL AFTER 600 PM.
