...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC
has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Ground Level
Ozone for elevations above 4000 feet in Avery, Mitchell, Yancey,
Madison, Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Graham, Macon,
and Transylvania Counties, from 7 AM this morning to 7 AM EDT
Sunday.

An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone
concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy
standards. For additional information, please visit the North
Carolina Division of Air Quality Web site at
https://airquality.climate.ncsu.edu/.