00:00There are many tools to help you optimize your health, safety and comfort on the free
00:04AccuWeather app.
00:06And one of those features is looking at the air quality, current conditions and forecast
00:10information.
00:11Let's dive into that in today's top pick on the AccuWeather app.
00:13And of course, when you're at the main home screen of the AccuWeather app, you can see
00:17we're over in Dodge City, Kansas here today, but you can tap there and type in any location
00:22around the country and around the world, your exclusive AccuWeather MinuteCast, minute-by-minute
00:27forecast out to four hours, but when you click down on the right-hand side of the screen
00:31here on the tablet version or on the phone version, you scroll down a little bit.
00:35And when you scroll down all the way to air quality, that gives you a report about the
00:39current air quality.
00:41In other words, is there pollution in the air in your community right now?
00:45And that's on a little, on a circle here.
00:47And the more that circle that's filled up, the worse the air quality is.
00:50So you can see in Dodge City right now, that's a 129 on the AccuWeather air quality index,
00:56which is unhealthy.
00:57And we describe what can happen there.
00:59Health effects can immediately be felt by sensitive groups, people that may experience
01:04difficulty breathing and throat irritation, things of that nature.
01:07You can scroll down a little bit further, I'm sorry, you can tap on that see more button
01:11actually and get a breakdown of the particular things that are causing pollution.
01:16Here it's particulate today across the Dodge City area, so those little particles that are
01:21in the air as opposed to some of the gases, and those gases are listed out on the bottom.
01:25So again, you have a sense of what is causing that air pollution.
01:28And when you tap on the hourly forecast in the Premium Plus app, you can bring up the air
01:33quality index and track it, how it changes over time so you can make the best plans.
01:37AccuWeather has been proven to be the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings.
01:42Download the free AccuWeather app today.
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