Urban pollution, smoke and dust are expected to create a moderate air quality concern amid a heat advisory through Thursday in the Austin-San Antonio region.
The downtown San Antonio skyline looks hazy from Eisenhower Park during a late-season spike in ozone levels in this 2016 file photo.Ground-level pollutants will be at “moderate” levels, but as this week's unrelenting heat cooks them in the air you breathe — particularly ozone and small particulates — the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is warning South Texans with respiratory afflictions to be on guard.
“If you are unusually sensitive to particle pollution, consider reducing your activity level or shorten the amount of time you are active outdoors,” the commission said on itsLight to moderate residual smoke is expected to continue moving north from seasonal burning in Mexico into South and Central Texas, with the highest density in coastal regions as a slow-moving surface front pushes into the state, according to the commission’sSan Antonio is expected to have moderate levels of ozone and...
On Thursday, gusty late afternoon and evening winds in New Mexico and West Texas could result in patchy blowing dust affecting other areas of the state.
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