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The state issued a Code Orange air quality alert<\/a> until 8 p.m. Saturday for Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Rowan counties.<\/p>\n

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The warning means older adults, children, active people and those with asthma and other lung disease \u201cshould limit prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors,\u201d according to the N.C. Division of Air Quality.<\/p>\n

Blame a high-pressure weather system over North Carolina that produced \u201canother warm and dry day with plenty of sunshine,\u201d Jordan Root of the Division of Air Quality wrote in a Code Orange bulletin.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the ingredients are there again for another active ozone day,\u201d including a warm and dry air mass and lots of sun, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGround Level Ozone concentrations<\/a> within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards,\u201d according to a National Weather Service warning.<\/p>\n

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After an expected high of 89 on Saturday, highs could climb to 91 on Sunday and 90 on Monday under partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies, according to the NWS Charlotte forecast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Each day Tuesday through Friday has a less-than-even chance of showers and thunderstorms, the forecast Saturday showed.<\/p>\n

NWS meteorologists forecast highs of 86 on Tuesday, 88 on Wednesday, 92 on Thursday and 94 on Friday.<\/p>\n

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