Air Quality

AQI Forecast

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Daily AQI Table

Pollutant05/31/2506/01/2506/02/2506/03/2506/04/25
Ozone4446435445
PM2.55660405340

Synopsis and Discussion

A smoky air mass remains in place and fine particle levels are Moderate today. Ozone is hovering in the upper Code Green range. A boundary will settle south of the Triad tomorrow, allowing some cleaner air to push southward and AQI readings are expected to decrease to the upper Code Green range as a result. As surface high pressure drifts eastward toward the coast, southwesterly low-level flow will allow some of the smoke that was pushed south and west to drift back over the area. AQI readings are expected to increase to the lower Code Yellow range once again. By Wednesday, the surface high will be offshore and drifting more southeastward, thereby allowing for more of an Atlantic influence on the air mass. Ozone and particle pollution levels are expected to decrease to the upper Code Green range. (Perrotte)

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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.

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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.

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Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection
Fifth Floor
Forsyth County Government Center
201 North Chestnut Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Phone: 336 703 2440 Fax: 336 727 2777