Air quality advisory issued for northern and central Wisconsin


Audio|Source: Menomonie Area NOAA Weather Radio WXJ88
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Northern and Central Wisconsin win from 3 p.m. Thursday until 11 p.m. Friday Precautionary preparedness actions, sensitive groups, consider rescheduling or moving all activities inside. Go inside if you have symptoms. People with asthma, follow your asthma action plan and keep quick-release medicine handy. People with our disease, symptoms such as palpitations. Shortness, a breath, or unusual fatigue may indicate a serious problem. If you have any of these, contact your health care provider. Everyone else, keep outdoor activities shorter and less intense. Go inside if you have symptoms. Additional details, Canadian wildfire smoke has entered Northwest Wisconsin Thursday and will continue to move to the southeast through the remainder of the day. On Friday, smoke will begin moving south. including down Lake Michigan and into Green Bay, impacting central Wisconsin and eastern areas as well. It remains unclear how far south a smoke will make it down Lake Michigan, so we've extended the advisory all the way to Kenosha County. Quince will begin turning southerly Friday night into Saturday, at which point the smoke will begin moving back north. It is possible that the advisory will need to be extended into Saturday for some areas of Wisconsin. For more information on current air quality, please see HTTPS Air Quality Backslash Wisconsin.gov. This is Weather Radio Station WXJ88, serving west central Wisconsin. We broadcast from the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Chanhatson, Minnesota, on an assigned frequency of 162.40 megahertz. transmitting from the tower facilities of WHWC Television and Wheeler. The current time is 548 a.m. Central Daylight Time. Patchy dense fog early this morning. Patchy fog across portions of central Minnesota and western Wisconsin will lead to less than one half mile at times. Please drive slowly and use caution. Patchy dense fog this morning. While not widespread, if traveling this morning, be prepared for fog that could suddenly reduce visibility to one quarter mile or less. Expect the fog to dissipate by 8 a.m. Slow down and allow extra time to reach your destination. Now here is the hazardous weather outlook for portions of Central and Southern Minnesota and West Central Wisconsin. For today and tonight. Poor air quality from Canadian wildfire smoked through today. And now the extended outlook for the period Saturday through Thursday. Another round of extreme heat, along with severe thunderstorms and heavy rain, look possible Sunday. Spotter information statement, skywarned spotter activation will not be needed. Now the forecast for west central Wisconsin, including Oaklair, Monominee, and Chippewa Falls. Today, sunny. Areas are fog and smoke early in the morning. Highs in the mid-80s. Southeast winds up to 5 miles an hour. Tonight, partly cloudy. Lows in the mid-60s. Southeast winds up to 5 miles an hour. Saturday, mostly sunny. Highs in the mid-80s. South winds up to 10 miles an hour. Saturday night, mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds up to 5 miles an hour. Sunday, sunny. Highs around 90. Sunday night, showers likely and chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of thunderstorms overnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of precipitation 60%. Monday and Monday night, partly cloudy. Hines in the upper 80s. Lows in the mid-60s. Tuesday and Tuesday night, partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the upper 50s. Wednesday through Thursday, mostly clear. Hines in the upper 70s. Lows in the mid-50s. Again, the forecast for West Central Wisconsin, including O'Clair, Nominee, and Chippewa Falls for today. Sunny. Areas are fog and smoke early in the morning. Highs in the mid-80s. Southeast winds up to five miles an hour. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an air quality advisory for the following counties. Adams, Ashland, Barron, Mayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Calimette, Chippella, Clark, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, O'Clair, Florence. Fondulac, Fondulac, Green Lake, Iron, Juno, Kenosch, Conno, Qani, Lacrosse, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitaleigh, Milamon, Milmach, Monro, Oconto, Oconto, Oconto, Oconto, Oconto, Oconto, Oconto, Oconto, Ocunee, Vilaus, Washburn, Wilkesha, Wapaca, Washara, Winnebago, Wood. What? The PM2.5 ACI is expected to reach the unhealthy for sensitive group CSG to unhealthy level. Where, northern and central Wisconsin, as well as southeast Wisconsin.
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Menomonie Area School District, WI
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