Current Air Quality & Forecast
Air Quality Forecast
November 5 – November 9: A slow-moving high-pressure system just offshore will help keep conditions mild and dry through midweek before transitioning to more unsettled weather and possible rain leading into the weekend. High temperatures on Monday and Tuesday will be in the upper 60s along the coast and 70-80 degrees inland. Lows will be in the mid-50s across the region. A low-pressure trough will migrate southward by Thursday, introducing cooler temperatures and also shifting light offshore land breezes to the south. Gusts will intensify from 15-18 mph to 25-30 mph by Friday. The high-pressure system early in the week will bring sunny weather and push smoke particulate from prescribed burning in Santa Cruz County out over the bay, while unsettled and wet conditions later in the week will help scrub the atmosphere of lingering pollutants. Therefore, PM2.5 (smoke) and PM10 (dust) AQIs are expected to remain GOOD. Ozone production will be at normal levels and within State standards, so ozone AQIs should also be GOOD.
MBARD Smoke Sensor Network
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