Take Care to Know Your Air
April is the start of baseball season, garden cleanups and ozone season - - when air
monitors throughout the country begin to record and report on ground-level ozone levels. These monitors collect data for
Air Quality Index forecasts reported daily by the media and available on-line.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) forecasts help people to be prepared for days with poor air quality. The forecasts range from
'green' --- a good day to engage in outdoor activities - - to 'red' ozone action days, when everyone should use caution.
Ozone action days are called when the AQI gets into the unhealthy ranges. Purple and maroon levels are rarely, if ever,
reached anymore. Read more...
