Air Quality

The good news is there are many great reasons to be outside in St. Louis, Missouri Sunday. The bad news is that many will need to be very careful as the National Weather Service has issued serious warnings about air quality today.

I normally let experts handle issues involving earth science. That's one reason I was a little alarmed when I saw "experts" talking about ozone problems over Illinois and they surprisingly weren't talking about just the Chicago area for once.

If the skies have a hazy look to them Monday, it'll be for a similar reason to what Missouri and Illinois have been dealing with over the past few weeks, but this time the wildfire smoke is originating from a brand new place.

If you happen to have a health situation where you have sensitive lungs, you need to know that air quality in many parts of Missouri and Illinois could be very problematic Wednesday.

If you thought the wildfire smoke that brought hazy conditions to both Missouri and Illinois were interesting on Wednesday, wait until you see the conditions that are expected to intensify by Friday.

I've always thought that the air quality in Missouri was decent and it looks like the experts agree - for the most part. While most of the Show Me State gets passing grades for air quality, the same can't be said for St. Louis which flunked miserably.