Winter weather leads to 3rd air pollution alert of season
It’s the second consecutive day such a warning was put in place.
Burning wood, manufactured fire logs or any other solid fuel is prohibited both inside and outside when such an alert is in place.
Smoke from increased wood burning is expected to cause air quality to be unhealthy due to cold overnight temperatures and light winds, the air district reports.
A high-pressure system in place over Northern California will act like a lid, trapping smoke at ground level. Offshore winds may also allow air pollution from the Central Valley to drift into the Bay Area, air district officials said in issuing a Spare the Air alert.
Spare the Air Alert not in effect in Bay Area
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) A Spare the Air alert is not currently in effect in the Bay Area.
Wood burning is banned both indoors and outdoors through Tuesday for the full 24 hours, as cold temperatures and calm winds can trap smoke from households.
A #SparetheAir Alert has been extended through Tuesday, December 22. Cold temperatures and calm winds trap smoke from household wood burning at ground level. Wood burning is banned for a full 24 hours on 12/22. For more info, visit https://t.co/wbkYMspD80. pic.twitter.com/GOWUO9Z4Xc Spare The Air (@SpareTheAir) December 21, 2020
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Wood burning is banned Tuesday, Dec. 22 across the Bay Area. (Shutterstock)
NAPA VALLEY, CA The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued its third Spare The Air Alert of the winter season for Tuesday, which bans the burning of wood, manufactured fire logs or any other solid fuel, both indoors and outdoors in the nine counties that make up the Bay Area, including Napa.
Smoke from increased wood burning is expected to cause air quality to be unhealthy, with the heaviest impacts forecast in the Santa Clara Valley due to cold overnight temperatures and light winds, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the regional agency responsible for protecting air quality in the nine-county Bay Area.
Winter weather leads to 2nd air pollution alert of season
FAIRFIELD The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued the winter season’s second air pollution alert Sunday for Monday.
Burning wood, manufactured fire logs or any other solid fuel is prohibited both inside and outside when such an alert is in place.
Smoke from increased wood burning is expected to cause air quality to be unhealthy due to cold overnight temperatures and light winds, the air district reports.
A high-pressure system in place over Northern California will act like a lid, trapping smoke at ground level. Offshore winds may also allow air pollution from the Central Valley to drift into the Bay Area, air district officials said in issuing a Spare the Air alert.
Updated: Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 5:53 pm
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Pedestrians photograph and observe the dark sky from the Palo Alto Baylands during a Spare the Air Alert on Sept. 9. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
UPDATE: The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a second consecutive Spare the Air Alert for Tuesday, Dec. 22, due to unhealthy weather that may lead to poor air quality if wood burning takes place.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air Alert for Monday, Dec. 21, which bans the burning wood, manufactured fire logs or any other solid fuel, both indoors and outdoors.