Air Quality

AQI Forecast

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Daily AQI Table

Pollutant07/22/2507/23/2507/24/2507/25/2507/26/25
Ozone4471515050
PM2.55258535153

Synopsis and Discussion

Light smoke has drifted over the area today, raising fine particle concentrations to the lower Code Yellow range. Ozone production has increased in response to the sunshine, smoke, and less humid air, also reaching Moderate levels. The reprieve from the recent high humidity will be short lived with dew points increasing over the next three days. The return of more moisture will help limit ozone production to near the Code Green/Yellow threshold. The smoke over the area today will continue to drift westward but forecast trajectories indicate this air mass will reverse course and return to the area by Saturday. With no significant rain chances in the near term that would help cleanse the atmosphere, particle pollution is expected to hover in the lower Code Yellow range. – Greg Perrotte / perrotgt@forsyth.cc

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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

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.

Contact Us

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