Triad Air Quality

Triad Forecast

Synopsis and Discussion

Elevated fire danger continues for today as gusty westerly winds and low humidity have provided a favorable environment for any potential wildfires that may spark, potentially elevating particle pollution levels for any locations downwind of the source. Aside from the fire risk, air quality levels remain in the upper Code GREEN range this afternoon and will likely remain Code GREEN into the evening as a dry cold front passes through the Triad and the fire risk decreases. A transient high pressure ridge moves into the Triad tomorrow before quickly moving offshore by the evening, keeping air quality levels in the upper Code GREEN range. Return flow along the western side of the ridge coupled with an approaching cold front will increase cloud cover and southwesterly winds over the Triad on Friday. AQI is expected to increase to low Code YELLOW as the cloud cover and associated precipitation traps pollution particles close to the surface and ahead of the surface boundary until the front clears east of the Triad late Friday. A dry air mass moves into the Triad from the north on Saturday to help lower AQI to Code GREEN. (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