...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM
EDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 kt with gusts up to 20 kt
expected.

* WHERE...Chesapeake Bay from North Beach MD to Smith Point VA,
Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA, and
Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth
Island.

* WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 5 AM EDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

...POOR AIR QUALITY IN THE MID-ATLANTIC THROUGH FRIDAY DUE TO
CANADIAN WILDFIRES...

Due to Canadian wildfires, smoke is prevalent in the mid-
Atlantic region, including the greater Baltimore and Washington
metropolitan areas. Under northerly winds, smoke will continue to
be pushed south over our area. The smoke is expected to be rather
thick to start the day Thursday, but may start to decrease through
the day. A front on Friday will bring some reprieve to fine
particle concentrations.

Depending on your location, Air Quality will vary, with much of
the area either Code Orange or Code Red - possibly through Friday.
A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution
concentrations within the region are unhealthy for sensitive
groups. Sensitive groups include children, people with heart or
heart or lung disease, older adults, children, pregnant people,
and those that spend a lot of time outdoors.

Some areas may see Code Red, which means unhealthy for the
general population. If you are under a Code Red Air Quality
Alert, everyone should keep outdoor activities light and short.
For those people in sensitive groups, consider moving all
activities indoors.

The effects of air pollution on people can be minimized by
avoiding strenuous outdoor activity or exercise indoors. Go
indoors if you have symptoms.

Be aware of your air quality, which you can track here:
https://fire.airnow.gov More info is here:
https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/

Air quality monitoring and forecasts are done by the states. The
National Weather Service helps to disseminate these air quality
forecasts.

For more information on air quality, including ground-level ozone
and fine particles, visit your states website:

Maryland:
mde.maryland.gov/programs/air/AirQualityMonitoring/Pages/index.aspx

Washington DC:
https://www.mwcog.org/environment/air/forecast/

Virginia:
deq.virginia.gov/our-programs/air/monitoring-assessments/
air-quality-forecast

West Virginia:
https://dep.wv.gov/daq/air-monitoring/Pages/AirQualityIndex.aspx

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY NIGHT...

The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code RED Air
Quality Alert across the Maryland Eastern Shore...for Fine
Particulates...until midnight EDT tonight. The Maryland Department
of the Environment has issued a Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert across
the Maryland Eastern Shore...for Fine Particulates...from midnight
EDT tonight until midnight EDT Thursday night.

Air quality is expected to reach code RED...which is unhealthy...and
means everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion.
Those with respiratory and/or heart ailments may experience more
serious health effects.

Air quality is expected to reach code ORANGE...which is unhealthy
for sensitive groups...and means individuals with respiratory and/or
heart ailments...older adults...and children should reduce prolonged
or heavy outdoor exertion.

An Air Quality Alert means that Fine Particulates concentrations
within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For
more information on ground-level ozone and fine particles please
visit the Maryland Department of the Environment Web Site at
http:www.mde.maryland.gov/programs/air/