Triad Air Quality

Triad Forecast

Synopsis and Discussion

Arctic high pressure has kept the Triad under dry and chilly conditions today, dropping air quality levels into the middle Code GREEN range. After another subfreezing morning, the ridge of high pressure sags south and east of the Triad as upper level flow shifts more zonal and allows temperatures to rise to near normal by early Saturday afternoon. Particle pollution levels are also expected to rise as an upper level trough moves eastward from the Central Plains, with AQI likely reaching low Code YELLOW tomorrow. Code YELLOW AQI is expected to persist until the upper level trough and trailing surface front moves into the Triad by early Monday. Increasing cloud cover should trap particle pollution close to the surface ahead of the cold front on Sunday, but the increased chances of scattered showers starting Monday morning should help gradually reduce particulate matter concentrations during the day to lower AQI to upper Code GREEN at the start of the work week. (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

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