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X-WR-CALNAME:IDEM Updates Today's Air Quality Action Day Forecast
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DESCRIPTION:ISSUED July 20\, 2026\n\n \n\nIDEM Updates Today's Air Quality 
 Action Day Forecast\n\n \n\nNote: Today's forecast has been updated.\n\nIN
 DIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) h
 as forecast an Air Quality Action Day (AQAD) for Monday\, July 20.\n\nFine
  particulate matter levels are expected to be in the Unhealthy range (Red)
  in the following areas:\n\nNorthwest Indiana\, including the cities of: C
 rown Point\, Gary\, Hammond\, Kentland\, LaPorte\, Michigan City\, Portage
 \, Rensselaer\, Valparaiso and all other cities within the area.North Cent
 ral Indiana\, including the cities of: Elkhart\, Goshen\, Knox\, Loganspor
 t\, Plymouth\, Peru\, South Bend\, Warsaw\, Winamac and all other cities w
 ithin the area.Northeast Indiana\, including the cities of: Angola\, Aubur
 n\, Decatur\, Fort Wayne\, Hartford\, Huntington City\, LaGrange\, Marion\
 , Portland\, Wabash and all other cities within the area.Fine particulate 
 matter levels are expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups ran
 ge (Orange) in the following areas: \n\nWestern/West Central Indiana\, inc
 luding the cities of: Crawfordsville\, Covington\, Delphi\, Fowler\, Green
 castle\, Lafayette\, Newport\, Monticello\, Spencer\, Sullivan\, Terre Hau
 te and all other cities within the area.Central/East Central Indiana\, inc
 luding the cities of: Bloomington\, Brookville\, Columbus\, Frankfort\, In
 dianapolis\, Greensburg\, Kokomo\, Lebanon\, Martinsville\, Muncie\, Richm
 ond and all other cities within the area.Southwest Indiana\, including the
  cities of: Bedford\, Bloomfield\, Evansville\, Huntingburg\, Mount Vernon
 \, Paoli\, Princeton\, Rockport\, Tell City\, Vincennes and all other citi
 es within the area.Southeast Indiana\, including the cities of: Brownstown
 \, Corydon\, Jeffersonville\, Madison\, New Albany\, Salem\, Versailles an
 d all other cities within the area.High pressure Monday will recirculate t
 he smoke over most of the state with the primary concern remaining the nor
 thern half of Indiana. This smoke\, in addition to the other meteorologica
 l factors such as light winds and predicted flow\, will produce high PM2.5
  readings.\n\nThis will produce high PM2.5 readings into the Unhealthy ran
 ge for Northwest\, North Central and Northeast Indiana.\n\nThis will produ
 ce high PM2.5 readings into the\nUnhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG) for 
 West Central\, Central/East Central\, Southwest and Southeast Indiana.\n\n
 Hoosiers can visit SmogWatch.IN.gov to:\n\nView air quality information fo
 r all Indiana counties\, including a state map of affected counties\;Learn
  more about Air Quality Action Days and recommended actions\;Learn more ab
 out ozone and fine particulate matter\; andSign up for air quality alerts.
 Air Quality Action Days are in effect from midnight to 11:59 p.m. (24-hour
 s) on the specified date. Some municipalities have additional open burning
  restrictions on AQADs. For more information\, go to idem.IN.gov/openburni
 ng/laws-and-rules. \n\nNote: IDEM forecasts are based\, solely or in part\
 , on data from air quality monitors located throughout the state. IDEM enc
 ourages residents of counties within or bordering the affected region(s) t
 o heed the forecast. Air quality information for all Indiana counties can 
 be found at SmogWatch.IN.gov. \n\n-30- \n\n \n\nAbout IDEM: IDEM (idem.IN.
 gov ) implements federal and state regulations regarding the environment. 
 Through compliance assistance\, incentive programs and educational outreac
 h\, the agency encourages and aids businesses and citizens in protecting H
 oosiers and our environment.
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SUMMARY:IDEM Updates Today's Air Quality Action Day Forecast
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 ction-day-forecast
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