Air Quality

AQI Forecast

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Daily AQI Table

Pollutant05/06/2605/07/2605/08/2605/09/2605/10/26
Ozone4338484638
PM2.53836344448

Synopsis and Discussion

Persistent rainfall overnight and early Thursday has help to keep the air quality code GREEN, thoughout the Triad. Drier high pressure will overspread the region, Friday and Saturday, resulting in a return of mostly sunny skies, lower humidity but greater ozone production. Ozone is forecast to climb back to upper code GREEN, Friday and Saturday, but could top out slightly higher into the low code YELLOW range in some areas. Particle pollution will remain lower and mid to upper code GREEN both days. A few more clouds and afternoon showers and storms could develop, Sunday, as a disturbance enters the region. The unsettled conditions will lead to lower, code GREEN, air quality, Sunday (GENTRY). *** A ban on all open burning remains in effect for 19 counties (Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Chatham, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Gaston, Guilford, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes and Union) within the N.C. Forest Service's jurisdiction due to increased wildfire risk from the current severe to extreme drought conditions and has canceled all burning permits for these counties until further notice. For more information on the N.C. Forest Service burn ban, please visit https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/nc-forest-service ***

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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.