Triad Air Quality

Triad Forecast

Synopsis and Discussion

Skies have cleared out with the departure of the winter storm that inundated the Triad with mostly sleet and some freezing rain over the weekend, with air quality levels hovering around the lower Code YELLOW range today. Upstream particle pollution in the Ohio Valley and north central United States does not to appear to be elevated, but overnight temperature inversions will likely be stronger than usual due to remnant ice covering most outdoor surfaces. With temperatures remaining below normal over the next several days, melting of ice will be very slow to occur despite abundant solar radiation. The lack of significant melt and strong temperature inversions will likely increase particulate matter concentrations near the surface, keeping air quality levels in the lower Code YELLOW range through Thursday. (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