Triad Air Quality

Triad Forecast

Synopsis and Discussion

Dry high pressure has kept skies mostly sunny with light winds, allowing for an increase in ozone production to elevate AQI into the lower Code YELLOW range this afternoon. The ridge of high pressure remains nearly stationary over the Triad this evening and through tomorrow, and the lack of dispersion of today's pollution concentrations will likely supplement Thursday's pollution production to elevate AQI into the middle Code YELLOW range. Winds increase from the south on Friday as high pressure begins to slide offshore. The gradual increase in cloud cover and low-level moisture should limit ozone production, but there will likely be enough solar radiation through the day to allow for low Code YELLOW AQI for the Triad on Friday. Rain chances increase Friday and through Saturday as unsettled weather moves into the Triad from the west to lower ozone and particulate matter concentrations into the middle to upper Code GREEN range. (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