Triad Air Quality

Triad Forecast

Synopsis and Discussion

***A Burn ban remains in effect for all North Carolina counties due to hazardous forest fire conditions. Please see https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/nc-forest-service for more details.*** The lack of transport of smoke originating from several wildfires in western NC/SC has kept particle pollution levels Code GREEN today (though fire danger still remains elevated the next few days). Ozone level have approached the upper end of the Code GREEN range, but increasing clouds resulting from a cold front moving in from the northwest should limit solar radiation enough this afternoon to keep levels Code GREEN. High pressure builds into the state from the northwest tomorrow to usher in breezy northwesterly winds and below normal temperatures, preventing smoke from any current large wildfires infiltrating the Triad to keep ozone and particle pollution levels Code GREEN. After a chilly start Thursday morning, high pressure is expected to move offshore by the afternoon to allow for south to southwesterly flow to take hold over the Carolinas through Friday. With that said, mostly sunny skies should allow for enough ozone production to elevate air quality levels into the lower Code YELLOW range by Friday. (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