GLIN==> Wed, 6/25/03 EPA Ozone Episode Maps

["Alex J. Sagady & Associates" <ajs@sagady.com>]

Yesterday, Wednesday-6/25/03, was one of the worst ozone/smog
episodes
in Michigan in recent years and probably also for Ohio and Southern
Ontario areas as well.  

I have taken the liberty of downloading and making available at the 
following locations EPA's AirNow maps for yesterday.   You can
also get them by going to
http://www.epa.gov/airnow 
but I thought
I'd make this easy for everyone to see and get.

The color scheme key is available at 
http://www.epa.gov/airnow/aqibroch/aqi.html#5   
(scroll down to the AQI for 
ozone)    Most importantly, red means
"unhealthy" and orange means "unhealthy for 
sensitive groups" [like asthmatics]

Below are URLs for the midwest peak 1 hour exposure and peak 8 hour 
exposure maps.

http://www.sagady.com/ozone/Midwest_Ozone_1HR_6_25_03.gif

http://www.sagady.com/ozone/Midwest_Ozone_8HR_6_25_03.gif

Below are URLs for the United States and Canada peak 1 hour exposure
and peak 8 hour exposure maps.

http://www.sagady.com/ozone/US_Ozone_1HR_6_25_03.gif

http://www.sagady.com/ozone/US_Ozone_8HR_6_25_03.gif

Below are two long files, about 0.7 MB and 0.5 MB, which are animation
showing hour by hour measured 8 hour averages for a 24 hour period
yesterday for 
the US and Canada and also for the Midwest.

http://www.sagady.com/ozone/US_Ozone_8HR_6_25_03_animation.gif

http://www.sagady.com/ozone/Midwest_8HR_6_25_03_animation.gif

The maps show significant transboundary transport of ozone from 
the United States into Canada.    

Long range transport background plus the Metro Detroit plume
shows impacts in deep southern Ontario  and all the way up to 
the Bruce Peninsula in Canada with condition "Red" air
pollution.

Metro Detroit itself was almost certainly affected by transport
yesterday
from Southern Indiana.

Transport from the Chicago area shows condition "Red" impacts
in Wisconsin's
Door Peninsula and all the way into the Eastern Central Upper
Peninsula
of Michigan.

Remarkably, long range transport from the United States shows condition
"orange" impacts all the way to the Northeastern shores of the
Lake Superior
in Northern Ontario.

Given this kind of pollution impact on the ground, it is indeed
unfortunate
that the Clean Air Act of the United States is under such attack by 
both industry and President Bush.

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