Triad Air Quality

Triad Forecast

Synopsis and Discussion

Despite high pressure ushering in cooler air from the north, ozone levels have gradually risen into the lower Code YELLOW range this afternoon. The ridge of high pressure will slide offshore tomorrow as two waves of showers move through the Triad tomorrow and Wednesday. Tomorrow's batch of rain is largely associated with a decaying line of showers that will likely only bring cloudier skies and some light isolated rain chances. That should be enough to limit ozone and particle pollution production to keep air quality levels Code GREEN. The second more potent shortwave trough and associated cold front moves through the Triad on Wednesday, easily keeping air quality levels Code GREEN. Dry high pressure moves in behind the departing front on Thursday, allowing air quality levels to rebound into the upper Code GREEN range. (Payne) *** Due to increased wildfire risk and severe to extreme drought across most of the state, the N.C. Forest Service has issued a statewide ban on all open burning and has canceled all burning permits statewide. ***

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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