...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST
WEDNESDAY...
THE AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST
WEDNESDAY.
AIR STAGNATION WILL CONTINUE IN THE WENATCHEE AREA...AS WELL AS IN
THE VALLEYS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. THE LOW LEVEL INVERSION WILL WEAKEN FOR A FEW HOURS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT STRENGTHEN AGAIN DURING THE EVENING. LEVEL
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIGHT IN THE SHELTERED VALLEYS LIKE THE
METHOW VALLEY...THE WENATCHEE VALLEY...AND AROUND LAKE
CHELAN...LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A BUILD UP OF LOW LEVEL
POLLUTANTS.
AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN STAGNANT AIR HOLDS
POLLUTANTS CLOSE TO THE GROUND...WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND BREATHE. IT
IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT NO OUTDOOR BURNING OCCUR DURING TIMES
OF STAGNANT AIR AND THAT YOU RESTRICT BURNING IN YOUR INDOOR
FIREPLACE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SOME CITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY
ARE...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...LEAVENWORTH...TWISP...AND MAZAMA.
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