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Primary air pollutant in the New Carlisle area:
PM2.5 - 44 Good
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Other Pollutants:
OZONE - 36 Good
Weather Analysis and Air Quality Forecasting Decisions: Fine Particulate: Today will bring temperatures reaching the upper 50's at the warmest. Dewpoints will rise to near 40 degrees and skies will be mostly cloudy. Fog is covering the area this morning. 850 mb temperatures will stay near 5 C and mixing heights will reach near 3000 ft at most. Winds will be primarily from the southwest, reaching speeds near 15 mph with gusts over 20 mph. Tomorrow will bring similar temperatures, overcast skies, and dewpoints in the 40's. 850 mb temperatures will climb to near 10 C and mixing heights will decrease, staying below 2000 ft. Winds will be primarily from the south, reaching speeds near 10 mph with gusts near 20 mph. Wednesday will bring a chance of rain and temperatures climbing to near 60 degrees. Dewpoints will still be in the 40's and skies will be mostly overcast. 850 mb temperatures will stay above 5 C and mixing heights will climb to as high as 5000 ft. Winds will be primarily from the southwest, reaching speeds over 15 mph with gusts over 25 mph. Thursday will bring very similar conditions with slightly cooler temperatures; rain will still be possible. Temperatures will continue to decline on Friday, with highs in the mid 40's and dewpoints dropping to near 30 degrees. The chance of rain will continue into the end of the week. Winds will be primarily from the west during this time, reaching speeds near 15 mph with gusts over 20 mph. 850 mb temperatures will drop below 0 C. The Canadian PM2.5 model shows a mix of moderate and good today, and good throughout the rest of the period. The NOAA 6Z BC model show moderate for a couple more days and then good on Wednesday. Both the Canadian and the NOAA smoke models show no impacts from wildfire smoke. Some monitors in the region are recording hourly PM2.5 values over 35 ug/m3 this morning, as temperatures warm and snow melts. These readings are already declining and expected to continue declining throughout the day as wind speeds increase. Moderate PM2.5 will continue to be likely throughout the beginning of the week, given recent conditions and the melting snowpack. However, it will become less likely later in the period as rain moves through the region.
Primary Pollutant: PM2.5 - 0 Moderate
Primary Pollutant: PM2.5 - 0 Moderate
Primary Pollutant: PM2.5 - 0 Moderate
Primary Pollutant: PM2.5 - 0 Good
Primary Pollutant: PM2.5 - 0 Good