Active Advisories: Air Quality Alert
Currently
Reported at Ruidoso Regional, NM
3:35 AM MDT MON MAY 28 2012- 50°F10°C
Clear- Feels Like:50°F10°CDew Point:-4°F-20°CHumidity:10%
Winds: Calm Calm
Pressure:30.15 in1021 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters
Air Quality Alert
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT. SMOKE PLUMES FROM THE WHITEWATER BALDY FIRE COMPLEX HAVE SHIFTED TO AN EAST-NORTHEAST DIRECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL FORCE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SMOKE IMPACTS INTO AREAS FROM SOCORRO COUNTY TO TORRANCE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES THEN POINTS FARTHER EAST-NORTHEAST. AREAS IMMEDIATELY EAST NORTHEAST OF THE FIRE COMPLEX WILL BE MOST SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. COMMUNITIES SUCH AS MAGDALENA...SOCORRO... CORONA...MOUNTAINAIR...ESTANCIA...CARRIZOZO AND RUIDOSO ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. 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.
