SYSA would like to communicate our Air Quality advisory and tools we use to evaluate it and how we determine when practices will proceed or be cancelled.
If you are a coach or parent looking to make a decision related to air quality and the safety of playing soccer outdoors, we hope to best inform all clubs and families one and a half (1.5) hours before the start of practices and games to allow families time to change schedules. However, please note that in some cases the cancellations decisions could be made in under the time specified above as air quality can change rapidly.
If the average AQI for Seattle and its field locations reaches 150 (or higher) then practices should be cancelled for the safety and welfare of our players and coaches.
No teams should practice outdoors or participate in games when this threshold level is reached. We use air quality monitoring websites and base decisions on the data provided.
Parents are encouraged to use their own best judgement when deciding what is best for the health of their players. If a player has Asthma or other respiratory such conditions an AQI of 100 and above is deemed unhealthy for those sensitive groups.
For the current real-time AQI forecast, click on this link https://www.airnow.gov
