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Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1046 AM EDT Wed Jul 30 2025

MIZ016>018-020>036-041-042-086>088-095>099-311500-
Emmet-Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Leelanau-Antrim-Otsego-Montmorency-
Alpena-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Crawford-Oscoda-Alcona-
Manistee-Wexford-Missaukee-Roscommon-Ogemaw-Iosco-Gladwin-Arenac-
Western Chippewa-Central Chippewa-Southeast Chippewa-
Western Mackinac-Eastern Mackinac-Mackinac Island/Bois Blanc Island-
Beaver Island and surrounding islands-Charlevoix-
1046 AM EDT Wed Jul 30 2025

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY JULY 30 AND THURSDAY JULY 31...

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air
Quality Advisory for Wednesday July 30 and Thursday July 31, for
elevated levels of fine particulates (PM2.5). Pollutants are expected
to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range.

The alert is in effect for the following Michigan Counties,

Roscommon, Charlevoix, Missaukee, Wexford, Beaver Island and
surrounding islands, Mackinac Island/Bois Blanc Island, Manistee,
Emmet, Iosco, Ogemaw, Presque Isle, Cheboygan, Eastern Mackinac,
Alcona, Western Mackinac, Montmorency, Southeast Chippewa, Otsego,
Central Chippewa, Antrim, Western Chippewa, Arenac, Leelanau,
Kalkaska, Grand Traverse, Benzie, Alpena, Oscoda, Crawford, and
Gladwin.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires will continue to spread south and east
across the Lower Peninsula today. Models show the plume lingering
over the state through Thursday.

It is recommended that, when possible, you avoid strenuous outdoor
activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory
diseases such as asthma.

Monitor for symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, chest tightness,
dizziness, or burning in nose, throat, and eyes. Reduce or eliminate
activities that contribute to air pollution, such as outdoor
burning, and use of residential wood burning devices.

Keep windows closed overnight to prevent smoke from getting indoors
and, if possible, run central air conditioning with MERV-13 or
higher rated filters.

For further information, please see EPA`s Air Now site for up-to-
date air quality data at https://www.airnow.gov

For further health information, please see MDHHS` Wildfire Smoke and
Your Health site at https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-
prev/environmental-health/your-health-and-wildfire-smoke.

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