AQI Forecast
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A fairly weak stationary front draped across the northern half of the state has kept the Triad under a warm, moist air mass that has produced some scattered showers and storms this afternoon. Ozone and particle pollution are currently hovering around the low Code YELLOW range and will likely remain so for their respective daily averages. The frontal boundary drifts northward on Tuesday to keep the Triad under a hot and humid air mass throughout the day, with partly sunny skies likely limiting ozone production. However, elevated particle pollution currently over Georgia and South Carolina will likely be transported north into the Triad, with partial cloud cover trapping particles underneath the cloud deck to help sustain Code YELLOW AQI for Tuesday. An upper-level shortwave trough and trailing cold front approaches the Triad overnight Tuesday before stalling over the Triad on Wednesday. Increased cloud cover and likely widespread rain resulting from the stationary front should limit ozone AQI. However, particle pollution may continue to hang on in the lower Code YELLOW range, as some elevated particle concentrations behind the cold front may infiltrate the area later in the afternoon/evening if the boundary settles further south. Cooler and drier conditions are on tap for Thursday, with elevated particle pollution AQI from the Canadian wildfires may potentially move into the region again behind the front. For now, air quality levels are expected to remain in the low to middle Code YELLOW range, with future forecasts possibly needing adjustments if/when conditions change. (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.