Air quality warning for Wednesday | Weather blog

It’s that time of year again, folks. Temperatures are heading into the 90s tomorrow and our air quality is starting to deteriorate. Our first air quality warning of the season has been issued for tomorrow, June 12th. This applies to Louisville Metro, Bullitt and Oldham counties, as well as all of our southern Indiana communities.

This air quality alert is more aimed at sensitive groups this time, rather than being unhealthy for everyone as we sometimes see here in the summer. Here is the text with more information about this air quality alert and some recommended actions to reduce ozone forming emissions.

The Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District and the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management have issued an Air Quality
Alert...IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

A Code Orange Air Quality Alert for Ozone has been issued for the
Louisville Metro Area.

Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The
general public is not likely to be affected. Sensitive groups include
the elderly...children...persons with asthma or other breathing
problems...and persons with lung and heart disease. People in these
groups are advised to limit their outdoor activities to reduce their
exposure to ozone and particulate pollution.

Here are some recommended actions that the public can take to reduce
ozone forming emissions:

* Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.
* Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
* Avoid refueling your vehicle or using gasoline-powered lawn
  equipment until after 7 PM.
* Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
* Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air
  conditioner to 75 degrees or above.