The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has declared a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Monday in Philadelphia and its surrounding areas impacting those with respiratory problems. Here's everything you need to know.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has declared a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Monday, July 15, in the Philadelphia area, including Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. There will be eight-hour concentrations of ozone in the Code Orange range Monday due to partly to mostly sunny skies, light southwest winds, and high temperatures in the upper 90s, the DEP says.
Green signifies good air quality; Yellow means moderate air quality; Orange represents unhealthy pollution levels for sensitive groups of people;Red warns of unhealthy pollution levels for all. An Air Quality Action Day is declared when the AQI will be Code Orange or higher.
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