Orleans faces air-quality alert on Monday, hot week ahead
Photo by Tom Rivers: A hazy sunset is shown at the veterans’ section of Mount Albion Cemetery this evening.
The National Weather Service has issued an air-quality alert beginning at midnight and continuing throughout Monday in Orleans due to wildlife smoke from Canada.
The alert covers most of upstate New York and is due air-quality levels in the outdoor air predicted to be greater than an Air Quality Index value of 100 for fine particulates. The higher the AQI value, the greater the health concern, the National Weather Service said.
The State Department of Health recommends that people consider limiting strenuous outdoor physical activity to reduce the risk of adverse health effects. The very young and those with pre-existing respiratory problems such as asthma or heart disease may be especially sensitive to the effects of elevated levels of pollutants, the Weather Service said.
It’s going to be a hot week ahead. The high temperature sin the forecast for Orleans County include sunny and 86 on Monday, mostly sunny and 86 on Tuesday, partly sunny and 87 on Wednesday, mostly sunny and 87 on Thursday, sunny and 88 on Friday, and mostly sunny and 90 on Saturday.
