Air Quality

AQI Forecast

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Daily AQI Table

Pollutant03/12/2503/13/2503/14/2503/15/2503/16/25
Ozone8765585442
PM2.56165606347

Synopsis and Discussion

Air quality levels continue to be in the YELLOW range as winds become calm and smoke from prescribed burns in the region affect visibility. Winds will begin to come out of the northeast and increase in speed for Friday as high pressure slowly slides out to sea and a backdoor front covers the eastern part of the state. Prefrontal winds will arrive Friday night and shift winds to the southwest. These gusty prefrontal winds will remain in place as the front stalls over Tennessee until another low forms along the boundary and eventually plows through the Triad Sunday. This extended prefrontal flow will keep temperatures in the mid 70s and AQI levels in the YELLOW range. Once the front passes through the state, AQI levels should return to the upper GREEN range Sunday. (Bodenhamer)

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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