Air Quality

AQI Forecast

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Daily AQI Table

Pollutant05/02/2505/03/2505/04/2505/05/2505/06/25
Ozone4935434851
PM2.55251455053

Synopsis and Discussion

Fine particle concentrations continue to be near the Code Green/Yellow threshold on Saturday and ozone is much lower in the mid Code Green range. An upper-level low will continue to spin over the Ohio Valley for the next several days before weakening by Tuesday. A cold front looks to sweep through on Monday, bringing in some drier air that that when combined with increasing sunshine, will lead to conditions that are conducive for ozone formation. By Tuesday, ozone readings are expected to reach the lower Code Yellow range. Rainfall today and tonight is expected to cleanse enough particle pollution from the atmosphere to promote Code Green readings tomorrow and on Monday with the frontal passage. As winds begin to lighten on Tuesday and we continue to pull from a continental air mass, particle pollution concentrations are expected to climb back into the lower Code Yellow range. (Perrotte)

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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.

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Disclaimer: The Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection posts this information using the first available data from our air quality monitoring network. No quality control review has been performed on this data, and the final results are subject to change after completion of standard quality assurance review and validation procedures.

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Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection
Fifth Floor
Forsyth County Government Center
201 North Chestnut Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Phone: 336 703 2440 Fax: 336 727 2777