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Here are the specifics on the Air Quality Watch from the DNR...

AIR QUALITY WATCH
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MADISON WI
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1100 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008

...AIR QUALITY WATCH ISSUED FOR EASTERN WISCONSIN FOR SUNDAY JULY
6...

A HOT AND INCREASINGLY HUMID AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE LAKE
MICHIGAN REGION FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WITH LIGHTER WINDS FORECAST
FOR SUNDAY...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT OZONE CONCENTRATIONS WILL
REACH UNHEALTHY LEVELS FOR PERSONS IN SENSITIVE GROUPS IN THE WATCH
AREA.

DUE TO THE POSSIBLE ELEVATED LEVELS OF OZONE IN THE REGION...THE
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY
WATCH FOR SUNDAY. THIS WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT SUNDAY EVENING.
FINE PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS MAY INCREASE TO UNHEALTHY LEVELS FOR
SENSITIVE GROUPS ON MONDAY.

THE AIR QUALITY WATCH AFFECTS PEOPLE LIVING IN THE WISCONSIN
COUNTIES OF SHEBOYGAN...OZAUKEE...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...AND KENOSHA.

TO HELP PREVENT POLLUTION FROM REACHING UNHEALTHY LEVELS...PEOPLE IN
THE WATCH AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO HELP DECREASE AIR POLLUTION BY
REDUCING DRIVING WHEN POSSIBLE...AVOID BURNING
LEAVES...GRASS...BRUSH...OR WOOD...MINIMIZE VEHICLE ENGINE
IDLING...POSTPONE USING SMALL GAS OR DIESEL POWERED OUTDOOR
EQUIPMENT...AND PRACTICE ENERGY CONSERVATION.

FOR CURRENT INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY READINGS PLEASE CALL THE
DAILY AIR HOTLINE AT 1-866-DAILYAIR...1-866-324-5924.