Ozone Advisory for Tuesday March 1, 2011
In the Upper Green River Basin in Sublette County
by Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
February 28, 2011
Upper Green River Basin, Wyo. - The Air Quality Division (AQD) of Wyoming’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), in conjunction with the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), is issuing an ozone advisory for tomorrow, Tuesday March 1, 2011, for the Upper Green River Basin, in Sublette County.
The DEQ-AQD would like to communicate that this particular Ozone Advisory is anticipated to be a multi-day event. Weather forecasting for conditions conducive to elevated 8-hour ozone will continue on a daily basis and the AQD will continue to issue updated advisory status by noon each day such that, if the weather forecast changes, advisory status may also change. The DEQ-AQD will also be conducting intensive sampling of ozone and precursors during this period. These intensive measurements will focus on the vertical distributions of pollutants which will be accomplished by equipment attached to weather balloons.
Ozone is an air pollutant that can cause respiratory health effects especially to children, the elderly and people with existing respiratory conditions. People in these sensitive groups should limit strenuous or extended outdoor activities, especially in the afternoon and evening. More information on ozone and the health effects of ozone are available at the Wyoming Department of Health website, http://www.health.wyo.gov.
An ozone advisory is issued when weather conditions appear to be favorable for the formation of ozone. Ozone appears to be elevated in the Basin when there is a presence of ozone-forming precursor emissions including oxides of nitrogen and volatile organic compounds coupled with strong temperature inversions, low winds, snow cover, and bright sunlight.
Current information on ozone levels at the Air Quality Division’s monitoring stations at Daniel, Pinedale, Boulder, Juel Spring and the Wyoming Range can be found at www.wyvisnet.com.
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