FUUS53 KUNR 041235 SDSUNR SDZ026-050200- AIR POLLUTION ALERT FOR DUST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 630 AM MDT SAT OCT 4 2008 ...AIR POLLUTION ALERT UNTIL THIS EVENING FOR RAPID CITY WEST OF THE GAP... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL SUSPEND FINE DUST IN THE AIR OVER WEST RAPID CITY PRODUCING POOR AIR QUALITY. THE RAPID CITY AIR QUALITY DIVISION RECOMMENDS THE ELDERLY...YOUNG... AND ANYONE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AVOID EXCESSIVE PHYSICAL EXERTION AND EXPOSURE TO THE OUTSIDE AIR. VOLUNTARY ACTIONS TO REDUCE DUST POLLUTION INCLUDE...CEASING OR REDUCING THE MANIPULATION OF SOIL IN CONSTRUCTION...INDUSTRIAL...AND AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES...AND INCREASING THE USE OF POLLUTION CONTROLS FOR SOIL STABILIZATION...WASTE PITS...STOCK PILES...AND CONSTRUCTION SITES. $$