PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EDT FRI MAY 4 2007
...THIS IS AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...
THIS WEEK MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE OZONE SEASON FOR MANY AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES.
TODAY WE HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THE AIR CLEANER...
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WORK CONSTANTLY TO MAKE THE AIR CLEANER ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGH AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND RULES TO REDUCE POLLUTION FROM POWER PLANTS... INDUSTRIES... CARS... DIESEL TRUCKS... BUSES AND CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. BUT YOU HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY TOO. ANY TIME YOU USE ENERGY... WHETHER IT IS GASOLINE... DIESEL... ELECTRICITY OR WOOD... YOU CONTRIBUTE TO AIR POLLUTION IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES DOWNWIND.
SAVING ENERGY REDUCES POLLUTION...AND IT CAN SAVE MONEY. USE THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES TO HELP KEEP AIR CLEANER IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN HELP REDUCE POLLUTION IN YOUR COMMUNITY BY FOLLOWING THESE GUIDELINES. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT WHEN OZONE IS EXPECTED TO BE UNHEALTHY...
- CHOOSE A CLEANER COMMUTE...SHARE A RIDE TO WORK OR USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. COMBINE ERRANDS AND REDUCE TRIPS.
- DELAY USING GASOLINE POWERED LAWN AND GARDEN EQUIPMENT UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY OR UNTIL DAYS WHEN THE AIR QUALITY IS BETTER.
- LIMIT ENGINE IDLING.
- GET REGULAR ENGINE TUNE UPS AND CAR MAINTENANCE CHECKS... ESPECIALLY THE SPARK PLUGS.
YOU CAN HELP PREVENT OR REDUCE UNHEALTHY LEVELS OF PARTICLE POLLUTION WITH THESE ACTIONS...
- REDUCE OR ELIMINATE FIREPLACE AND WOOD STOVE USE.
- AVOID USING GAS-POWERED LAWN AND GARDEN EQUIPMENT.
- AVOID BURNING LEAVES...TRASH AND OTHER MATERIALS.
- REPLACE YOUR CAR/S AIR FILTER AND OIL REGULARLY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...VISIT US ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.AIRQUALITY.NOAA.GOV.
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04 May 2007
Air Quality Awareness Week, Thursday: What Are Air Quality Forecasts
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2007
...THIS IS AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...
THIS WEEK MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE OZONE SEASON FOR MANY AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES.
TODAY WE HIGHLIGHT THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU GET AIR QUALITY INFORMATION.
OVER THE PAST DECADE...MORE STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES HAVE BEGUN AIR QUALITY FORECASTING FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. TODAY ABOUT 300 CITIES NATIONWIDE ARE ISSUING AIR QUALITY FORECASTS BASED ON PREDICTED CONCENTRATIONS OF KNOWN POLLUTANTS SUCH AS OZONE AND PARTICLE POLLUTION.
FOR THOSE LOCALITIES FORECASTING AIR QUALITY... NEW NOAA FORECAST GUIDANCE IS IMPROVING FORECASTERS ABILITY TO PREDICT THE ONSET... SEVERITY... AND DURATION OF POOR AIR QUALITY. IN ADDITION.. NOAA PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE AIR QUALITY PREDICTIONS ON WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AQ WITH HOUR BY HOUR INFORMATION FOR CITIES... SUBURBS...AND RURAL COMMUNITIES OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. SIMILAR INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR WESTERN CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES AS EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTS ON WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AQ-EXPR.
FOR UP TO DATE AIR QUALITY INFORMATION... THE EPA ENVIROFLASH TOOL PROVIDES AIR QUALITY FORECASTS AND ACTION DAY NOTIFICATIONS FOR PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES VIA EMAIL OR PAGER NOTIFICATION. ENVIROFLASH PROVIDES INSTANT INFORMATION THAT CAN BE CUSTOMIZED FOR EACH USERS NEEDS.
TOMORROW WE WILL LEARN ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THE AIR CLEANER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...VISIT US ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.AIRQUALITY.NOAA.GOV.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2007
...THIS IS AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...
THIS WEEK MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE OZONE SEASON FOR MANY AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES.
TODAY WE HIGHLIGHT THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU GET AIR QUALITY INFORMATION.
OVER THE PAST DECADE...MORE STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES HAVE BEGUN AIR QUALITY FORECASTING FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. TODAY ABOUT 300 CITIES NATIONWIDE ARE ISSUING AIR QUALITY FORECASTS BASED ON PREDICTED CONCENTRATIONS OF KNOWN POLLUTANTS SUCH AS OZONE AND PARTICLE POLLUTION.
FOR THOSE LOCALITIES FORECASTING AIR QUALITY... NEW NOAA FORECAST GUIDANCE IS IMPROVING FORECASTERS ABILITY TO PREDICT THE ONSET... SEVERITY... AND DURATION OF POOR AIR QUALITY. IN ADDITION.. NOAA PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE AIR QUALITY PREDICTIONS ON WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AQ WITH HOUR BY HOUR INFORMATION FOR CITIES... SUBURBS...AND RURAL COMMUNITIES OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. SIMILAR INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR WESTERN CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES AS EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTS ON WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AQ-EXPR.
FOR UP TO DATE AIR QUALITY INFORMATION... THE EPA ENVIROFLASH TOOL PROVIDES AIR QUALITY FORECASTS AND ACTION DAY NOTIFICATIONS FOR PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES VIA EMAIL OR PAGER NOTIFICATION. ENVIROFLASH PROVIDES INSTANT INFORMATION THAT CAN BE CUSTOMIZED FOR EACH USERS NEEDS.
TOMORROW WE WILL LEARN ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THE AIR CLEANER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...VISIT US ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.AIRQUALITY.NOAA.GOV.
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03 May 2007
Air Quality Awareness Week, Wednesday: Keeping Your Heart and Lungs Safe
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2007
... THIS IS AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK
THIS WEEK MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE OZONE SEASON FOR MANY AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES.
TODAY WE HIGHLIGHTTHE HEALTH IMPACTS OF POOR AIR QUALITY.
YOU ARE EXPOSED TO AIRBORNE CONTAMINATION EVERY TIME YOU BREATHE POLLUTED AIR. BUT WHEN YOU EXERCISE... WORK IN THE YARD OR DO OTHER STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES THAT MAKE YOU BREATHE HARDER AND FASTER... YOU INHALE EVEN MORE POLLUTED AIR INTO YOUR LUNGS.
EXPOSURE TO HIGH LEVELS OF OZONE AND PARTICLE POLLUTION IS LINKED WITH A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT HEALTH PROBLEMS. CHILDREN...PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE...OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH HEART DISEASE TEND TO BE MORE VULNERABLE. WHEN POLLUTION REACHES HIGH ENOUGH LEVELS THE AIR CAN BE UNHEALTHY FOR EVERYONE...ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE ACTIVE OUTDOORS. YOU CAN HELP PROTECT YOURSELF SIMPLY BY CHANGING THE TIME OR INTENSITY OF YOUR ACTIVITIES.
USE THE AIR QUALITY INDEX AND DAILY AIR QUALITY FORECASTS TO HELP YOU DETERMINE WHEN YOU NEED TO MAKE CHANGES. THE AQI IS A COLOR CODED SCALE THAT TELLS YOU WHO NEEDS TO TAKE STEPS TO REDUCE EXPOSURE TO OZONE OR PARTICLE POLLUTION. LOCAL AIR QUALITY FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.AIRNOW.GOV.
USE AIR QUALITY FORECAST GUIDANCE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AQ TO FIND MAP PROJECTIONS OF WHEN AND WHERE THE AIR YOU BREATHE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE HIGH AMOUNTS OF POLLUTANTS.
TOMORROW WE WILL LEARN ABOUT TOOLS TO HELP YOU GET AIR QUALITY INFORMATION.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...VISIT US ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.AIRQUALITY.NOAA.GOV.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2007
... THIS IS AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK
THIS WEEK MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE OZONE SEASON FOR MANY AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES.
TODAY WE HIGHLIGHTTHE HEALTH IMPACTS OF POOR AIR QUALITY.
YOU ARE EXPOSED TO AIRBORNE CONTAMINATION EVERY TIME YOU BREATHE POLLUTED AIR. BUT WHEN YOU EXERCISE... WORK IN THE YARD OR DO OTHER STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES THAT MAKE YOU BREATHE HARDER AND FASTER... YOU INHALE EVEN MORE POLLUTED AIR INTO YOUR LUNGS.
EXPOSURE TO HIGH LEVELS OF OZONE AND PARTICLE POLLUTION IS LINKED WITH A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT HEALTH PROBLEMS. CHILDREN...PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISEASE...OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH HEART DISEASE TEND TO BE MORE VULNERABLE. WHEN POLLUTION REACHES HIGH ENOUGH LEVELS THE AIR CAN BE UNHEALTHY FOR EVERYONE...ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE ACTIVE OUTDOORS. YOU CAN HELP PROTECT YOURSELF SIMPLY BY CHANGING THE TIME OR INTENSITY OF YOUR ACTIVITIES.
USE THE AIR QUALITY INDEX AND DAILY AIR QUALITY FORECASTS TO HELP YOU DETERMINE WHEN YOU NEED TO MAKE CHANGES. THE AQI IS A COLOR CODED SCALE THAT TELLS YOU WHO NEEDS TO TAKE STEPS TO REDUCE EXPOSURE TO OZONE OR PARTICLE POLLUTION. LOCAL AIR QUALITY FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.AIRNOW.GOV.
USE AIR QUALITY FORECAST GUIDANCE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AQ TO FIND MAP PROJECTIONS OF WHEN AND WHERE THE AIR YOU BREATHE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE HIGH AMOUNTS OF POLLUTANTS.
TOMORROW WE WILL LEARN ABOUT TOOLS TO HELP YOU GET AIR QUALITY INFORMATION.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...VISIT US ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.AIRQUALITY.NOAA.GOV.
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Air Quality Awareness Week, Tuesday: What Causes Poor Air Quality
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007
...THIS IS AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...
THIS WEEK MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE OZONE SEASON FOR MANY AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES.
TODAY WE HIGHLIGHT THE CAUSES OF POOR AIR QUALITY.
YOUR AIR QUALITY CAN VARY DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH AIR POLLUTION IS PRODUCED IN YOUR COMMUNITY, HOW MUCH POLLUTION IS CARRIED INTO YOUR COMMUNITY BY THE WIND AND BY WEATHER CONDITIONS.
OZONE FORMS WHEN TWO GROUPS OF KEY POLLUTANTS...NITROGEN OXIDES AND VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS...COOK IN THE SUN. FOR EXAMPLE... PARTICLE POLLUTION CAN BE DIRECTLY EMITTED IN SMOKE FROM A WOODSTOVE...BUT A LOT OF PARTICLES FORM WHEN GASES REACT IN THE AIR. NITROGEN OXIDES AND SULFUR DIOXIDES CONTRIBUTE TO PARTICLE FORMATION.
THESE OZONE AND PARTICLE FORMING POLLUTANTS COME FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF SOURCES INCLUDING CARS... TRUCKS... BUSES... POWER PLANTS AND INDUSTRIES. NATURAL SOURCES SUCH AS WILDFIRES AND DUSTSTORMS CONTRIBUTE TO PARTICLE POLLUTION. TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION ALSO EMIT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO PARTICLE AND OZONE
POLLUTION.
WEATHER PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THE LEVELS OF OZONE AND PARTICLE POLLUTION IN YOUR COMMUNITY. SUNLIGHT AND HEAT PROMOTE OZONE FORMATION. LIGHT WINDS AND TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS CAN KEEP POLLUTION CONCENTRATED NEAR THE GROUND. DEPENDING ON ITS
DIRECTION... THE WIND CAN BRING IN MORE POLLUTION SOMETIMES FROM HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY. GEOGRAPHY CAN AFFECT POLLUTION LEVELS TOO. MOUNTAIN RANGES CAN PREVENT POLLUTION FROM DISPERSING.
TOMORROW WE WILL LEARN ABOUT THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF POOR AIR QUALITY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...VISIT US ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.AIRQUALITY.NOAA.GOV.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007
...THIS IS AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...
THIS WEEK MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE OZONE SEASON FOR MANY AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES.
TODAY WE HIGHLIGHT THE CAUSES OF POOR AIR QUALITY.
YOUR AIR QUALITY CAN VARY DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH AIR POLLUTION IS PRODUCED IN YOUR COMMUNITY, HOW MUCH POLLUTION IS CARRIED INTO YOUR COMMUNITY BY THE WIND AND BY WEATHER CONDITIONS.
OZONE FORMS WHEN TWO GROUPS OF KEY POLLUTANTS...NITROGEN OXIDES AND VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS...COOK IN THE SUN. FOR EXAMPLE... PARTICLE POLLUTION CAN BE DIRECTLY EMITTED IN SMOKE FROM A WOODSTOVE...BUT A LOT OF PARTICLES FORM WHEN GASES REACT IN THE AIR. NITROGEN OXIDES AND SULFUR DIOXIDES CONTRIBUTE TO PARTICLE FORMATION.
THESE OZONE AND PARTICLE FORMING POLLUTANTS COME FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF SOURCES INCLUDING CARS... TRUCKS... BUSES... POWER PLANTS AND INDUSTRIES. NATURAL SOURCES SUCH AS WILDFIRES AND DUSTSTORMS CONTRIBUTE TO PARTICLE POLLUTION. TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION ALSO EMIT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO PARTICLE AND OZONE
POLLUTION.
WEATHER PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THE LEVELS OF OZONE AND PARTICLE POLLUTION IN YOUR COMMUNITY. SUNLIGHT AND HEAT PROMOTE OZONE FORMATION. LIGHT WINDS AND TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS CAN KEEP POLLUTION CONCENTRATED NEAR THE GROUND. DEPENDING ON ITS
DIRECTION... THE WIND CAN BRING IN MORE POLLUTION SOMETIMES FROM HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY. GEOGRAPHY CAN AFFECT POLLUTION LEVELS TOO. MOUNTAIN RANGES CAN PREVENT POLLUTION FROM DISPERSING.
TOMORROW WE WILL LEARN ABOUT THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF POOR AIR QUALITY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...VISIT US ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.AIRQUALITY.NOAA.GOV.
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01 May 2007
Air Quality Awareness Week, Monday: Ozone and Partical Pollution
This week is the National Weather service Air Quality Awareness Week. The NWS will issue a Public Information Statement each day this week. I'll be posting the NWS statements here daily.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EDT MON APR 30 2007
...THIS IS AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...
THIS WEEK MARKS THE BEGINNING OF OZONE SEASON FOR MANY AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES.
EACH DAY OF AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK WILL FEATURE A UNIQUE TOPIC RELEVANT TO EDUCATION AND PREPAREDNESS.
TODAY WE HIGHLIGHT TWO TYPES OF AIR POLLUTION...OZONE AND PARTICLE POLLUTION. THESE ARE TWO COMMON POLLUTANTS FOUND IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
OZONE IS A COLORLESS ODORLESS GAS. IT IS THE SAME GAS THAT IS FOUND IN THE OZONE LAYER HIGH IN THE EARTH/S STRATOSPHERE WHERE IT PROTECTS US FROM THE SUN/S ULTRAVIOLET ENERGY. BUT AT GROUND LEVEL WHERE WE LIVE...OZONE POLLUTION IS UNHEALTHY TO BREATHE.
PARTICLE POLLUTION...OR AIRBORNE PARTICLE POLLUTION...CONSISTS OF MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES IN THE AIR. DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE...IT CAN BE A PROBLEM IN THE WINTER AND/OR SUMMER. LIKE OZONE... PARTICLE POLLUTION IS NOT HEALTHY TO BREATHE. THE PARTICLES ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO HAZE WHICH BLURS THE VIEW IN MANY CITIES AND
NATIONAL PARKS.
TOMORROW WE WILL LEARN HOW THESE POLLUTANTS FORM AND CREATE POOR AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...VISIT US ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.AIRQUALITY.NOAA.GOV.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EDT MON APR 30 2007
...THIS IS AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...
THIS WEEK MARKS THE BEGINNING OF OZONE SEASON FOR MANY AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES.
EACH DAY OF AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK WILL FEATURE A UNIQUE TOPIC RELEVANT TO EDUCATION AND PREPAREDNESS.
TODAY WE HIGHLIGHT TWO TYPES OF AIR POLLUTION...OZONE AND PARTICLE POLLUTION. THESE ARE TWO COMMON POLLUTANTS FOUND IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
OZONE IS A COLORLESS ODORLESS GAS. IT IS THE SAME GAS THAT IS FOUND IN THE OZONE LAYER HIGH IN THE EARTH/S STRATOSPHERE WHERE IT PROTECTS US FROM THE SUN/S ULTRAVIOLET ENERGY. BUT AT GROUND LEVEL WHERE WE LIVE...OZONE POLLUTION IS UNHEALTHY TO BREATHE.
PARTICLE POLLUTION...OR AIRBORNE PARTICLE POLLUTION...CONSISTS OF MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES IN THE AIR. DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE...IT CAN BE A PROBLEM IN THE WINTER AND/OR SUMMER. LIKE OZONE... PARTICLE POLLUTION IS NOT HEALTHY TO BREATHE. THE PARTICLES ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO HAZE WHICH BLURS THE VIEW IN MANY CITIES AND
NATIONAL PARKS.
TOMORROW WE WILL LEARN HOW THESE POLLUTANTS FORM AND CREATE POOR AIR QUALITY CONDITIONS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK...VISIT US ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.AIRQUALITY.NOAA.GOV.
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