INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Environmental Management, or IDEM, has forecasted an Air Quality Action Day for Sunday in four Indiana regions.
According to the IDEM, ozone levels are expected to reach Orange status in multiple areas. This means ozone levels may be unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Here are the locales experts believe could have poorer air quality on Sunday:
- Central and East Central Indiana. This includes Bloomington, Brookville, Columbus, Frankfort, Indianapolis, Greensburg, Kokomo, Lebanon, Martinsville, Muncie and Richmond.
- Southeast Indiana, including the cities of: Brownstown, Corydon, Jeffersonville, Madison, New Albany, Salem and Versailles.
- Southwest Indiana, with cities like Bedford, Bloomfield, Evansville, Huntingburg, Mount Vernon, Paoli, Princeton, Rockport, Tell City and Vincennes.
- Western and West Central Indiana, such as cities like Crawfordsville, Covington, Delphi, Fowler, Greencastle, Lafayette, Newport, Monticello, Spencer, Sullivan and Terre Haute.
Please note that this also applies to nearby cities within and around these areas.
IDEM said that tomorrow's high temps are expected to reach the lower 90s. With the combination of sunny skies, low humidity and light/variable winds, ozone levels are expected to reach the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range.
For more information, check out http://SmogWatch.In.gov.