Triad Air Quality

Triad Forecast

Synopsis and Discussion

Clouds and light rain, Wednesday, have limited ozone and particle pollution to code GREEN. The unsettled weather is in response to a cold front approaching from the west. This front will eventually push through the Triad, early Thursday. Numerous showers and thunderstorms will spread across the area, ahead and along the front, later Wednesday through Thursday afternoon, helping to keep the AQI lower and code GREEN, Thursday. High pressure will take control of the weather Friday and Saturday leading to a return of drier weather. Ozone production will increase both days due to mostly sunny days and lower humidity. As of now, ozone is forecast to reach upper code GREEN, but low code YELLOW can not be ruled out just yet. Particle pollution looks to remain code GREEN, though, Friday and Saturday (GENTRY). *** A ban on all open burning remains in effect for 19 counties (Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Chatham, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Gaston, Guilford, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes and Union) within the N.C. Forest Service's jurisdiction due to increased wildfire risk from the current severe to extreme drought conditions and has canceled all burning permits for these counties until further notice. For more information on the N.C. Forest Service burn ban, please visit https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/nc-forest-service ***

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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
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• Simple Key for Reading Data File