Allerton Weather - Warnings / Advisories

AIR QUALITY ALERT
Warning Issue Date: 331 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008

AIR QUALITY ALERT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT TONIGHT...
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 10 PM SATURDAY...
THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION HAS
ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...SUFFOLK...NASSAU...RICHMOND...KINGS...QUEENS...NEW
YORK...BRONX...WESTCHESTER...ROCKLAND.
AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN OUTDOOR AIR ARE PREDICTED TO BE GREATER
THAN AN AIR QUALITY INDEX VALUE OF 100 FOR THE POLLUTANT OF
OZONE. THE AIR QUALITY INDEX...OR AQI...WAS CREATED AS AN EASY
WAY TO CORRELATE LEVELS OF DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS TO ONE SCALE.
THE HIGHER THE AQI VALUE...THE GREATER THE HEALTH CONCERN.
WHEN POLLUTION LEVELS ARE ELEVATED...THE NEW YORK STATE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS CONSIDER
LIMITING STRENUOUS OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO REDUCE THE RISK
OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS. PEOPLE WHO MAY BE ESPECIALLY
SENSITIVE TO THE EFFECTS OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS
INCLUDE THE VERY YOUNG...AND THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING RESPIRATORY
PROBLEMS SUCH AS ASTHMA OR HEART DISEASE. THOSE WITH SYMPTOMS
SHOULD CONSIDER CONSULTING THEIR PERSONAL PHYSICIAN.
A TOLL FREE AIR QUALITY HOTLINE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SO NEW YORK
RESIDENTS CAN STAY INFORMED ON THE AIR QUALITY SITUATION.
THE TOLL FREE NUMBER IS: 1 800 5 3 5, 1 3 4 5.
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HEAT ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 452 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT SATURDAY...
A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT SATURDAY.
HIGH TEMPERATURES IN NEW YORK CITY WILL BE 90 TO 95 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS BOTH
DAYS COMBINED WITH THE TEMPERATURE WILL RESULT IN MAXIMUM HEAT
INDEX VALUES IN THE MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON AND IN THE UPPER 90S
TO NEAR 100 SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR NEW YORK CITY WHEN TEMPERATURES AND
HUMIDITIES COMBINE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF AT LEAST
95 DEGREES FOR MORE THAN ONE DAY.
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY
OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
NEW YORK CITY RESIDENTS SHOULD CALL 3 1 1 TO IDENTIFY COOLING
CENTER LOCATIONS AND TO OBTAIN HEAT SAFETY TIPS.
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