...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT FRIDAY...

THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AIR QUALITY
DIVISION, AND THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS ISSUED AN AIR
QUALITY ALERT, IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT FRIDAY.

* WHAT...AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR WILDFIRE SMOKE.

* WHERE...BIG HORN, HOT SPRINGS, FREMONT, JOHNSON, LINCOLN,
NATRONA, PARK, SUBLETTE, SWEETWATER, TETON, AND WASHAKIE
COUNTIES.

* WHEN...UNTIL 1200 PM FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25.

IMPACTS...SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN OTHER STATES CONTINUES TO BE
OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. THE SMOKE IS
LIMITING VISIBILITIES AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT LEAST THROUGH
FRIDAY.

HEALTH INFORMATION...IT IS RECOMMENDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH THAT THE ELDERLY, YOUNG CHILDREN, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH
RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AVOID EXCESSIVE PHYSICAL EXERTION AND
MINIMIZE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DURING THIS TIME. WILDFIRE SMOKE IS
MADE UP OF A VARIETY OF POLLUTANTS, INCLUDING PARTICULATE MATTER
AND OZONE, WHICH CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY HEALTH EFFECTS. ALTHOUGH
THESE PEOPLE ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEALTH IMPACTS, THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ALSO ADVISES THAT EVERYONE SHOULD AVOID
PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO POOR AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS.

CURRENT CONDITIONS...THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY, AIR QUALITY DIVISION OFFERS NEAR REAL-TIME AIR QUALITY
DATA FOR WYOMING'S MONITORING STATIONS AND HEALTH EFFECTS
INFORMATION TO HELP THE PUBLIC INTERPRET CURRENT CONDITIONS.
CURRENT AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE OF WYOMING CAN BE
FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.WYVISNET.COM/.