Air Quality

AQI Forecast

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Daily AQI Table

Pollutant04/27/2504/28/2504/29/2504/30/2505/01/25
Ozone5067776764
PM2.54250535353

Synopsis and Discussion

Dry air and plenty of sunshine have created conditions conducive for ozone formation and concentrations are Moderate to start the new week. Fine particle concentrations are hovering in the mid to upper Code Green range. Warm weather is on tap for the next three days with high temperatures pushing into the 80s. There will be a slight chance of storms on Wednesday and Thursday that could have ozone implications should they materialize. Given the current uncertainty, the forecast will be treated as though no rainfall will occur, and as such, Code Yellow ozone readings are expected to continue for the balance of the forecast period. Readings could push into the mid Code Yellow range tomorrow. Steady southwesterly flow is expected and particle pollution concentrations upstream are in the upper Code Green and lower Code Yellow ranges. Daily averages are expected to net out in the lower Code Yellow range as surface high pressure remains parked off the coast and the air mass begins to stagnate a bit. (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