Air Quality Alert issued June 3 at 1:46PM EDT by NWS Gaylord MI

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air
Quality Alert for Wednesday June 4, for elevated levels of
fine particulates (PM2.5). Pollutants are expected to be in the
Unhealthy range.

The alert is in effect for the following Michigan Counties,

Southeast Chippewa, Charlevoix, Central Chippewa, Beaver Island and
surrounding islands, Antrim, Mackinac Island/Bois Blanc Island,
Western Chippewa, Manistee, Leelanau, Emmet, Kalkaska, Grand
Traverse, Benzie, Cheboygan, Eastern Mackinac, and Western Mackinac.

It is recommended that, when possible, you avoid strenuous outdoor
activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory
diseases such as asthma.

Monitor for symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, chest tightness,
dizziness, or burning in nose, throat, and eyes. Reduce or eliminate
activities that contribute to air pollution, such as outdoor
burning, and use of residential wood burning devices.

Keep windows closed overnight to prevent smoke from getting indoors
and, if possible, run central air conditioning with MERV-13 or
higher rated filters.

For further information, please see EPA’s Air Now site for up-to-
date air quality data at https://www.airnow.gov

For further health information, please see MDHHS’ Wildfire Smoke and
Your Health site at https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-
prev/environmental-health/your-health-and-wildfire-smoke.