NOAA: Air quality to drop across region
ROSEBURG, Ore. -- There goes that air quality again.
The National Weather Service has issued an air stagnation advisory for our area.
Basically, inversions over the valley are expected to cause a drop in air quality, and it's expected to last through the weekend.
With air stagnation, there is an increased chance of pollutants being trapped.
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Air Stagnation Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 300 AM PST WED JAN 30 2013 ...AIR STAGNATION EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... ORZ023-024-026-029>031-302300- /O.CON.KMFR.AS.Y.0002.130131T0300Z-130205T1700Z/ CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- JACKSON COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DRAIN...ELKTON...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN... GREEN...MYRTLE CREEK...CANYONVILLE...GRANTS PASS... CAVE JUNCTION...MEDFORD...ASHLAND...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS... BEATTY...BLY...SPRAGUE RIVER 300 AM PST WED JAN 30 2013 ...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. * SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION WILL ESTABLISH INVERSIONS OVER THE VALLEYS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL BEGIN A PERIOD OF PROLONGED AIR STAGNATION IN THE VALLEYS... INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAPPED POLLUTANTS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: DRAIN...ELKTON...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN... GREEN...MYRTLE CREEK...CANYONVILLE...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION...MEDFORD...ASHLAND...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS... BEATTY...BLY...SPRAGUE RIVER...AND LAKEVIEW. * IMPACTS...STAGNANT AIR IN THE VALLEYS WILL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO DETERIORATING AIR QUALITY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY INDICATES THAT DUE TO LIMITED MOVEMENT OF AN AIR MASS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...POLLUTION WILL INCREASE.
