An Air Quality Action Day has been forecast for Northwest Indiana for Friday the Indiana Department of Environmental Management said.

This includes the counties of Porter, Lake, and LaPorte and the cities of Gary, Hammond, and Michigan City.

Ozone levels are expected to be in the orange or Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.

For more information visit the IDEM Smog Watch web site at www.in.gov/apps/idem/smog/

 or the EPA AIRNow web site at www.airnow.gov/

 and click on Indiana.

Posted 8/12/2010