Overview
- The National Weather Service reported an alert in effect until Thursday at midnight for Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Washington, Schoharie, Schenectady, Albany, Rensselaer, Greene and Columbia counties.
- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued an Air Quality Health Advisory focused on fine particulates.
- During alerts, the weather service advises limiting time outdoors, staying indoors when feasible, reducing pollution-producing activities and avoiding open burning.
- On Tuesday, New York City along with Westchester and Rockland counties were under an alert that expired at midnight, with the city’s AQI at 102 at noon due to fine particulates.
- Officials linked the poor readings to lighter winds and stagnant air, and forecasters noted most of the Tri-State was otherwise at moderate levels with rain expected Wednesday to influence near-term air quality.