Active Advisories:    Air Quality Alert

  • Currently

    Reported at Clines Corners, NM
    2:53 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012
  • 68°F20°C
  • Clear
    Clear
  • Feels Like:68°F20°CDew Point:3°F-16°CHumidity:7% Winds:W 18 mph G 4029 kph G 64
    Pressure:30.03 in1017 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters

Air Quality Alert


THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEW 
MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT.

SMOKE PLUMES FROM THE WHITEWATER BALDY FIRE COMPLEX ARE EXPECTED TO 
TRACK TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST EARLY TODAY AND GENERALLY WEST TO 
EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS TRANSPORT WINDS BECOME MORE 
WESTERLY. THIS WILL FORCE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SMOKE IMPACTS FARTHER 
EAST AND SOUTH AND INTO AREAS FROM EASTERN AND NORTHERN SOCORRO 
COUNTY ACROSS SOUTHEAST VALENCIA...TORRANCE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES AND 
POINTS FARTHER EAST-NORTHEAST.

AREAS IMMEDIATELY EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE FIRE COMPLEX WILL BE 
MOST SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. COMMUNITIES SUCH AS DATIL... 
MAGDALENA...BERNARDO...BELEN...CORONA...MOUNTAINAIR...AND ESTANCIA 
ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TODAY.  
SMOKE IMPACTS WILL SHIFT FARTHER SOUTH THIS EVENING AND 
OVERNIGHT...WITH SOCORRO...CARRIZOZO...AND RUIDOSO LIKELY TO BE 
IMPACTED. 

IF HEAVY SMOKE IS PRESENT...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE
MINIMIZED. REMEMBER...YOUR EYES ARE YOUR BEST TOOLS TO DETERMINE
IF IT IS SAFE TO BE OUTSIDE. IF VISIBILITY IS TEN MILES OR
HIGHER...THE AIR QUALITY IS GOOD...SIX TO NINE MILES...AIR QUALITY
IS MODERATE...THREE TO FIVE MILES...AIR QUALITY IS UNHEALTHY FOR
SENSITIVE PEOPLE...ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF MILES...AIR
QUALITY IS UNHEALTHY... ONE TO ONE AND A QUARTER MILES...AIR
QUALITY IS VERY UNHEALTHY... AND THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OR
LESS...AIR QUALITY IS HAZARDOUS.
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