Code Orange Air Quality Alert Issued Wednesday For Lower Bucks Co.

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code Orange air quality alert for Wednesday for Lower Bucks County.

The alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, people suffering from asthma, heart disease or other lung diseases, and the elderly.

The effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors.

The extreme heat continues across the region and will continue through Wednesday.

Ozone maximums will reach into the Code ORANGE range Tuesday afternoon as temperatures soar close to the century mark.

Sensitive individuals are urged to limit outdoor activity during the late morning and afternoon hours and visit www.airnow.gov for the latest air quality information.

Ozone levels will continue to be elevated on Thursday.

There is a small chance for any late day or evening showers or thunderstorms with temperatures rising well into the 90s once more.

A frontal boundary sinking slowly southeastward will bring an increasing chance for showers and thunderstorms each day on Thursday and Friday with the heat wave slowly breaking. Ozone will remain in the moderate range late this week.