Air Quality Alert by NWS

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  • Effective: 2025-01-09 17:14:00 PST
  • Expires: 2025-01-10 17:00:00 PST
  • Urgency: Unknown
  • Severity: Unknown
  • Certainty: Unknown
  • Instruction: To protect your health, if you smell or see smoke: * Remain indoors with windows and doors closed * Avoid intense outdoor physical activity * Run your air conditioner and/or an air purifier * If you must be outdoors, keep the time brief and wear a well- fitting N-95 mask * Do not use whole house fans or swamp coolers that bring in outside air if you have other methods to stay cool * Avoid other sources of pollution such as fireplaces, candles, incense, grilling, and gasoline-powered lawn and garden equipment * ADDITIONAL DETAILS… To view current and forecasted air quality levels, visit the South Coast Air Quality Management District website at aqmd.gov or download the mobile app at www.aqmd.gov/mobileapp. Additional details for this air quality alert may be available at www.aqmd.gov/advisory.Information on the South Coast AQMD Check Before You Burn program is available at www.aqmd.gov/cbyb. To view current and forecasted air quality levels, visit the antelope Valley Air Quality Management District website at www.avaqmd.ca.gov.
  • Target Area: Calabasas and Agoura Hills; Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands; Eastern San Fernando Valley; Eastern San Gabriel Mountains; Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Interstate 5 Corridor; Los Angeles County Beaches; Los Angeles County Inland Coast including Downtown Los Angeles; Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley; Malibu Coast; Palos Verdes Hills; Santa Clarita Valley; Santa Susana Mountains; Western San Fernando Valley; Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor; Western Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area

* WHAT…The South Coast AQMD has issued an air quality alert due to increased fine particle pollution from wildfire smoke. The South Coast AQMD has issued a mandatory wood-burning ban for residents in the South Coast Air Basin. The No-Burn rule bans burning wood, pellets, and manufactured fire logs in any indoor or outdoor wood- burning device…

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