Triad Air Quality

Triad Forecast

Synopsis and Discussion

***A Burn ban remains in effect for all North Carolina counties due to hazardous forest fire conditions. Please see https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/nc-forest-service for more details.*** A cold front passing through the Triad has kept skies mostly cloudy to lower ozone concentrations, but the lack of significant rainfall will likely keep particle pollution levels in the lower Code YELLOW range. Weak high pressure temporarily builds over the Triad tomorrow before a wave of upper level energy dives in from the northwest late Tuesday to potentially bring some increased cloud cover and light rain in the evening. Southwesterly winds could potentially bring some residual smoke from the ongoing fire activity in Polk County prior to the arrival of the cold front, keeping air quality levels in the Code YELLOW range. A cooler air mass moves over the Triad Wednesday, with breezy northwesterly winds preventing air quality levels from rising out of the upper Code GREEN range. After a chilly start to the day on Thursday, temperatures should rebound nicely as high pressure begins to move offshore to allow for a warmer southerly return flow by the afternoon. With that said, air quality levels are expected to rise into the upper Code GREEN range, with some afternoon hours likely reaching Code YELLOW before sunset. (Payne)

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Air Monitoring Data

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.

Reports

• Current Hourly Data
• Yesterday's Data & Calibration Report
• Simple Key for Reading Data File