Air Quality Forecast

July 9 – July 13: High pressure over the region promoting inland heating in conjunction with a zonal flow pattern has allowed for the infiltration of a robust marine layer at the coast and coastal adjacent areas. This will continue into early next week, so expect more of the same and even a slight warm up as high pressure continues to build. Temperatures will range from the mid-50s to the high-70s at the coast and low-50s to low-100s inland. Despite the warmup inland, ozone production will remain at normal levels; therefore, ozone AQIs will remain GOOD.  Decent wind speeds in the Salinas Valley could bring PM10 AQIs to MODERATE.  High-pressure this weekend will reduce ventilation and we could see MODERATE PM2.5 AQIs.

MBARD Smoke Sensor Network

 

Regulatory Air Monitoring Stations