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Sacramento’s Air Quality Suffers from Northern California Wildfires

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SACRAMENTO, California — Smoke from major Northern California wildfires has made its way to the Sacramento region, bringing unhealthy air conditions that prompted county air officials to issue a weeklong warning starting Monday.

 

As many online results are showing this kind of information there appeared to be a conflict about the accurate information on air quality in Sacramento. At least one prominent source appears to have data that is either incorrect, incomplete or misleading.

 

Some locals โ€” including meteorologists โ€” have taken to Twitter to call out Googleโ€™s search result widget for air quality in the city, saying the readings have been โ€œseriously inaccurateโ€ for several days.

 

BreezoMeter.com gives a source for Googleโ€™s top result and it ranked Sacramentoโ€™s air quality as โ€œgoodโ€ as of 7 a.m. Tuesday, which means marking the conditions as โ€œideal air quality for outdoor activities.โ€

 

Matters were apparently much worse Monday evening. BreezoMeterโ€™s readings were still marking conditions as โ€œgood,โ€ meaning air quality index readings below 50. Meanwhile, multiple other air quality maps showed the AQI was closer to the mid- to high-200s.

 

Tuesdayโ€™s AQI reading was 49 by 7 a.m. according to BreezoMeter. But this mark appears to be a morning measurement, not a daily forecast. The AirNow forecast for Tuesday also showed good conditions in the morning, but the forecast calls for a high AQI of 133. AQI forecasts for Auburn, Folsom, and Placerville were all above 150.

 

A warning is issued through Friday, advising residents to avoid or limit any kind of outdoor activates due to the influx of smoke.

 

โ€œOlder adults, people with chronic diseases and young children are most at risk and should avoid outside activities if they see or smell smoke,โ€ Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye said in Mondayโ€™s statement from the air district.

 

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