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Expanded AQI Forecasting
| Millions of people
| Year--round monitoring & forecasting
Year
air quality
| Available for cities across t e U.S.
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Launc ed Nationally October 1
T e same familiar 5- 5-color system
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Yellow People who are unusually Air quality is a concern for @ ' ' '# $)
sensitive to air pollution people who are unusually $# '$: Plan
sensitive to air pollution strenuous activities when air
quality is better
Orange People with heart or lung Air quality is unhealthy for $) & ': Cut
disease (including asthma), people in sensitive groups back or reschedule
older adults, and children strenuous activities
Red Everyone, especially people Air quality is unhealthy for ) : Cut back or
with heart or lung disease everyone reschedule strenuous
(including asthma), older activities
adults, and children $) &': Avoid
strenuous activities
Purple Everyone, especially people Air quality is very unhealthy for ) : Significantly cut
with heart or lung disease everyone back on physical activities
(including asthma), older $) &': Avoid #
adults, and children physical activities
One more time
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At--a-glance messages
Mealt messages and tips
|eb updates to materials you can use
to talk about air quality
National and regional real
real--time maps
and grap ics