AQI Forecast
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Morning cloud cover has limited ozone production today in the Triad, keeping ozone AQI within the upper Code GREEN range (even if more sun makes it through the cloud deck this afternoon). Particle pollution continues to remain slightly elevated under the cloud deck and particle AQI should stay Code YELLOW for the day. Weak high pressure is expected to erode tomorrow as warm and moist air returns to the Triad, leading to Code YELLOW AQI for both pollutants. An advancing cold front approaches from the north on Monday, allowing pollution particles to accumulate ahead of the boundary. Timing of increased cloud cover and subsequent showers/storms will limit whether ozone levels reach Code GREEN (early arrival) vs Code YELLOW (later arrival). However, particle pollution concentrations will likely be elevated enough prior to frontal passage to keep air quality levels in the low Code YELLOW range. Cold air damming sets up in the wake of the departing front on Tuesday, with very welcomed cooler and cloudier conditions leading to Code GREEN AQI for both pollutants. (Payne)
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The Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection is making data available from the county's air monitoring network as a public service. These data represent the hourly data set from all of the sites within this network. Data from Triad sites outside of Forsyth County are collected by the North Carolina Division of Air Quality.
Disclaimer: The Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection posts this information using the first available data from our air quality monitoring network. No quality control review has been performed on this data, and the final results are subject to change after completion of standard quality assurance review and validation procedures.