Triad Air Quality

Triad Forecast

Synopsis and Discussion

Skies have cleared out this afternoon after a chilly and foggy start to the day, with air quality levels residing in the lower Code YELLOW range. An area of disturbed weather moves in from the southwest this evening as cold high pressure currently residing over the northern Plains moves southeast into the Great Lakes region by early Monday morning. Precipitation is expected to start off as rain early Monday, but is expected to switch to a wintry mix/mostly snow by the afternoon as colder air moves in from the north to create a temporary cold air wedge over the Triad. Particle pollution will likely remain elevated as particles trapped in the lower portion of the atmosphere to keep air quality AQI Code YELLOW for Monday. As precipitation tapers off to the east Monday evening, Arctic air quickly filters into the Triad to drop temperatures into the upper teens by Tuesday morning. However, the chilly air mass is expected to be temporary as winds shift to southwesterly by the afternoon to create enough warm air advection to elevate temperatures to near normal by Wednesday afternoon. With that said, the changeover in air mass over the Triad should drop air quality levels to Code GREEN Tuesday and Wednesday. (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.

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