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Sector AQI Yesterday* AQI Today* Major Pollutant Forecast Tomorrow*

*Color Codes:
Good 0 - 50 Unhealthy 151 - 200
Moderate 51 - 100 Very Unhealthy 201 - 300
Unhealthy for sensitive groups 101 - 150 Hazardous 301 - 500

AQI RANGES AND DESCRIPTOR CATEGORIES HEALTH EFFECTS CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS
0 - 50
Good
   
51 - 100
Moderate
   
101 - 150
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Increasing liklihood of respiratory symptoms and breathing discomfort in sensitive groups. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor activity.
151 - 200
Unhealthy
Greater liklihood of respiratory symptoms and breathing difficulty in sensitive groups.

Possible respiratory effects in general population.

Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid heavy outdoor exertion.

Everyone else, especially children, should limit heavy outdoor exertion.

201 - 300
Very Unhealthy
Increasingly severe symptoms and impaired breathing likely in sensitive groups.

Increasing liklihood of respiratory effects in general population.

Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion.

Everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.

301 - 500
Hazardous
Severe respiratory effects and impaired breathing likely in sensitive groups.

Increasingly severe respiratory effects likely in general population

Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion