Some Summer Sizzle Is Finally Here
Posted August 14, 2009 6:18 pm.
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The summer sizzle is finally here.
In the video below, Andrea Piunno with how Torontonians are heading into the weekend, soaking up every bit of this long-awaited weather.
Also, as a result of hot weather conditions, the following nine pools will be open until 11:45pm Friday:
- Monarch Park – south of Danforth Avenue, west of Coxwell Avenue
- Regent Park – South of Gerrard Street, east of Sackville Street
- Alex Duff – Bloor Street West, west of Christie Street
- Alexandra Park – Bathurst Street at Dundas Street West
- Giovanni Caboto – 1369 St. Clair Avenue West
- Sunnyside Gus Ryder – Lakeshore Boulevard at Parkside Drive
- Smithfield – 175 Mount Olive Drive
- McGregor Park – 2231 Lawrence Avenue East
- Cummer Community Centre (indoor) – 6000 Leslie Street
For specific information on pool locations and operating hours, go here.
Unfortunately, the Ministry of the Environment is also issuing a smog advisory for Saturday, August 15, 2009 for the following regions:
- Bancroft-Bon Echo
- Barrie-Orillia-Midland
- Belleville-Quinte-Northumberland
- Brockville-Leeds and Grenville
- City of Hamilton
- City of Ottawa
- City of Toronto
- Cornwall-Morrisburg
- Dufferin-Innisfil
- Dunnville-Caledonia-Haldimand
- Elgin
- Grey-Bruce
- Haliburton
- Halton-Peel
- Huron-Perth
- Kingston-Prince Edward
- London-Middlesex
- Niagara
- Oxford-Brant
- Parry Sound-Muskoka-Huntsville
- Peterborough-Kawartha Lakes
- Prescott and Russell
- Renfrew-Pembroke-Barry’s Bay
- Sarnia-Lambton
- Simcoe-Delhi-Norfolk
- Smiths Falls-Lanark-Sharbot Lake
- Stirling-Tweed-South Frontenac
- Waterloo-Wellington
- Windsor-Essex-Chatham-Kent
- York-Durham
Hot and sunny conditions combined with a southwesterly flow of polluted air from the U.S. and local build-up of pollutants are expected to result in high smog levels across southern, central and eastern Ontario.
This advisory will remain in effect until further notice.
- A Smog Advisory is related to the Air Quality Index (AQI), which rates how clean the air is. The AQI scale ranges from 0 to 100+. Higher numbers mean higher health risks.
- A Smog Advisory is issued in your region when the AQI is expected to reach 50 in the next 24 hours. It can be lifted once the AQI is expected to reach or drops below 50.
- Smog is made up of a complex mixture of air pollutants that are sometimes visible, such as a brownish-yellow haze over cities; sometimes not. The two main ingredients of smog are ground-level ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5).
- Smog is harmful to the lungs and heart. Even in healthy people, smog can reduce lung function.
More Information:
- Check out the Air Quality Index or AQI in your area.
- To help combat smog, here’s what you can do to spare the air.
- Learn more about air quality.
