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Primary air pollutant in the Elberta area:
OZONE - 30 Good
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Other Pollutants:
PM2.5 - 20 Good
FORECAST DISCUSSION: The unofficial start of summer has come and gone, with beautiful weather on the horizon. Today, Tuesday, will be the warmest day of this week with the 70s and 80s ranging across Michigan. High-pressure is currently sitting to our south over Inidiana which is providing clear skies and light southerly winds. Throughout today, however, the pressure system will drift off to the east which will allow two separate systems to sandwich Michigan, with one to the north and the other to the south. As the front associated with the southern system moves closer, clouds will start to build in the southern half of the state this Tuesday afternoon. The front to the north, as it moves in, may cause pop-up showers come Wednesday afternoon and evening. Once both of the systems move out of the Midwest, High-pressure moves back in on Thursday, which will clear the skies once again with light northerly winds. More of the same on Friday with north-northeast winds with temperatures in the 70s across the state. Relatively quiet weather continues for the foreseeable future with Thursday and Friday being the starting point. For air quality, PM2.5 looks to remain in the Good to low-Moderate range, especially once winds shift to more northerly flow. With Tuesday having southerly flow, low-Moderate PM2.5 concentrations can be expected, but once the fronts move through along with the wind shift, Good concentrations will prevail. Ozone has been creeping up in the last day or so due to warming temperatures, southerly flow, and clearing skies. Ozone concentrations will be in the mid-to-high Moderate range today with some lakeshore areas potentially seeing hourly Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG) concentrations. These concentrations have been building in the current airmass since yesterday with two monitors, Muskegon and Holland, exceeding the USG range yesterday for an 8-hour average. With clouds looking to build this afternoon in the southern portion of the state, Ozone production should be cut off from the lack of sunlight needed for the Ozone photochemical reaction to occur. Although there may be hourly concentrations in the USG range, widespread 8-hour averages exceeding the USG range are not expected. As mentioned above, winds shift to more northerly flow tomorrow through the rest of the week, so cleaner air will help keep Ozone development at bay. However, air quality will be monitored daily due to a long-lasting airmass that will persist over the state for numerous days with High-pressure sitting over the Great Lakes. EXTENDED FORECAST: High pressure persists throughout the weekend with temperatures ranging in the 70s. Air quality will be monitored as we will be in the same airmass for multiple days.
Primary Pollutant: OZONE - 0 Good
Secondary Pollutant: PM2.5 - 0 Good
Primary Pollutant: OZONE - 0 Good
Secondary Pollutant: PM2.5 - 0 Good
Primary Pollutant: OZONE - 0 Good
Secondary Pollutant: PM2.5 - 0 Good
Primary Pollutant: OZONE - 0 Good
Secondary Pollutant: PM2.5 - 0 Good
Primary Pollutant: OZONE - 0 Good
Secondary Pollutant: PM2.5 - 0 Good