{"id":246321,"date":"2026-07-18T01:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/246321\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T01:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:01:10","slug":"central-pennsylvania-air-quality-improving-dep-issues-code-yellow-for-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/246321\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Pennsylvania air quality improving; DEP issues Code Yellow for Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 The air quality is expected to improve throughout Pennsylvania on Saturday, according to the Department of Environmental Protection. <\/p>\n<p>Most of Pennsylvania will be under a Code Yellow alert, which is described as a &#8220;moderate&#8221; level of concern that could pose a risk for those who are unusually sensitive to air pollution. <\/p>\n<p>Parts of eastern Pennsylvania, including Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, will be under a Code Orange alert. <\/p>\n<p>Rain and thunderstorms on Saturday are expected to help reduce the concentration of particulate matter in the air. <\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS COVERAGE | <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/code-purple-air-quality-alert-issued-for-pa-counties-smoke-wildfire-fire-canada-dep-environment-toronto-ontario-pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Statewide code purple air quality alert issued for PA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The air quality worsened in the northeast due to wildfire smoke that traveled south from Canada and Minnesota on Wednesday and Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>Viewers shared photos of foggy skylines and reported being able to smell and even taste smoke in some locations.<\/p>\n<p>PHOTOS | <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/gallery-wildfire-smoke-blurs-pennsylvania-skyline-ontario-canada-minnesota-pa-severe-weather-fog-air-quality-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wildfire smoke blurs Pennsylvania skyline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airnow.gov\/aqi\/aqi-basics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here <\/a>for more information on the Air Quality Index and health alerts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 The air quality is expected to improve throughout Pennsylvania on Saturday, according to the Department&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-246321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}