Triad Air Quality

Triad Forecast

Synopsis and Discussion

Air quality levels are currently fluctuating between upper Code GREEN to lower Code YELLOW AQI across the Triad today as a stalled surface trough has allowed for likely chances of scattered showers and storms this afternoon. Outflow boundaries from developing storms may cause some brief spikes in ozone and/or particle pollution concentrations, but should be short-lived to not affect daily averages from rising any further this evening. More of the same is expected tomorrow as the stalled boundary remains over the Triad. Storms should once again be hit or miss, with ozone and particle pollution levels continuing to hover around the upper Code GREEN to lower Code YELLOW range. Rain chances lower for Wednesday and Thursday as upper level ridging begins to take hold over the Triad, but low-level humidity should remain high enough for slight chances for precipitation each afternoon. With that said, air quality levels are expected to lower slightly into the latter part of the week as south to southwest winds ushering in cleaner maritime air from the Gulf of Mexico to keep AQI Code GREEN Wednesday and 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