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Red air quality advisory in effect across northern and western Wisconsin<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuesday, June 3, 2025 \u2013<\/strong> The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR)<\/strong> has issued a \u201cRed\u201d level air quality alert<\/strong> for a wide swath of northern and western Wisconsin<\/strong>, in effect from midnight to noon Central Time<\/strong> today. The warning follows an influx of dense surface smoke<\/strong> blowing in from the northwest<\/strong> overnight.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The counties under this alert include Ashland<\/strong>, Barron<\/strong>, Bayfield<\/strong>, Buffalo<\/strong>, Burnett<\/strong>, Chippewa<\/strong>, Clark<\/strong>, Douglas<\/strong>, Dunn<\/strong>, Eau Claire<\/strong>, Florence<\/strong>, Forest<\/strong>, Iron<\/strong>, Jackson<\/strong>, La Crosse<\/strong>, Langlade<\/strong>, Lincoln<\/strong>, Marathon<\/strong>, Monroe<\/strong>, Oneida<\/strong>, Pepin<\/strong>, Pierce<\/strong>, Polk<\/strong>, Price<\/strong>, Rusk<\/strong>, Sawyer<\/strong>, St. Croix<\/strong>, Taylor<\/strong>, Trempealeau<\/strong>, Vernon<\/strong>, Vilas<\/strong>, Washburn<\/strong>, and Wood<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The DNR notes that this \u201cRed\u201d designation<\/strong> corresponds to unhealthy air quality<\/strong> for the general public. While the source has not been officially confirmed, these conditions typically result from wildfire smoke<\/strong> carried on northwest winds<\/strong>, often originating in Canada<\/strong> or the Upper Midwest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Current data and real-time air monitoring can be accessed through the Wisconsin Air Quality Monitoring Data dashboard<\/strong> on the official DNR website<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The situation remains fluid<\/strong>, and atmospheric smoke levels may vary throughout the day based on wind direction<\/strong>, speed<\/strong>, and temperature inversion layers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Red air quality advisory in effect across northern and western Wisconsin Tuesday, June 3, 2025 \u2013 The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has issued a \u201cRed\u201d level air quality alert for a wide swath of northern and western Wisconsin, in effect from midnight to noon Central Time today. The warning follows an influx of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":3474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n