Air Quality Advisory in Effect

There’s another air quality advisory in effect for most of Wisconsin. The advisory became active at 8 a.m. Sunday and remains in effect until Tuesday at midnight. The advisory impacts Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, and Sauk counties. This time, smoke from wildfires in Quebec, Canada, is impacting air quality and making it unhealthy for sensitive groups — and even potentially unhealthy for all.  According to the DNR, air quality is better to the northwest and southeast. It’s worse within the corridor south of a Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, to Ironwood, MI, line and north of a Dubuque to Green Bay line. The DNR recommends anyone with heart or lung disease, older adults and children to avoid prolonged time outside or heavy exertion. Everyone else should reduce their time outside and exertion.