Triad Air Quality

Triad Forecast

Synopsis and Discussion

Elevated particle pollution levels overnight have fallen through the afternoon due to increased boundary layer mixing, but the collapse of the boundary layer after sunset should allow the daily average AQI for particle pollution remain Code YELLOW. The Triad is expected to remain south of a backdoor front that gets hung up north of the NC/VA border, with elevated particle pollution levels on the southern side of the front keeping air quality Code YELLOW for Friday. A low pressure system moving in from the southwest as the backdoor front sags south of the Triad will allow for a temporary cold air wedge to develop and trap particle pollution concentrations in the shallow cold air pool to sustain Code YELLOW AQI for Saturday. High pressure builds in from the west on Sunday to dry out the Triad and drop air quality levels 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