Triad Air Quality

Triad Forecast

Synopsis and Discussion

Increasing cloud cover should prevent ozone levels from rising out of the upper Code GREEN range this afternoon. Cloud cover should continue to thicken overnight through tomorrow morning as an upper-level trough sharpens to provide support to a strengthening area of low pressure moving across the Deep South. Precipitation chances are greatest through the morning hours, but rain totals will likely be on the lighter side for the Triad as the bulk of moisture should remain to the south and east. Clearing should occur during the afternoon to allow for an increase in pollution concentrations, but nothing significant enough to elevate air quality AQI out of the middle to upper Code GREEN range. Dry high pressure builds over the Triad on Sunday, with a cool start to the morning leading to sunny and pleasant conditions by the afternoon to elevate ozone levels into the upper Code GREEN range. Temperatures trend towards normal on Monday as winds increase out of the southwest, helping to sustain upper Code GREEN AQI. (Payne) *** Due to increased wildfire risk and severe to extreme drought across 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