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Air Quality Advisory
National Weather Service Marquette MI
1227 PM EDT Sun Aug 10 2025

MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-121600-
Keweenaw-Ontonagon-Northern Houghton-Baraga-Marquette-Alger-Luce-
Gogebic-Iron-Dickinson-Menominee-Delta-Southern Schoolcraft-
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1227 PM EDT Sun Aug 10 2025 /1127 AM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025/

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR MONDAY AUGUST 11 THROUGH NOON EDT,
TUESDAY AUGUST 12...

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air
Quality Advisory for Monday August 11, 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,

Keweenaw, Menominee, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette, Baraga, Northern
Houghton, Southern Schoolcraft, Ontonagon, Delta, Gogebic, Luce,
Alger, Northern Schoolcraft, and Southern Houghton.

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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