10/12/2020 Forecast Update
FORECAST SUMMARY:
Monday, October 12th, 2020 through Monday, October 16th, 2020
OZONE: 8-Hour average Ozone concentrations will be mostly Good through the forecast period.
PM-2.5: 24-hour average Fine Particulate concentrations will also be mostly Good.
FORECAST DISCUSSION
We will experience a series of fronts, during the week, which will keep the atmosphere well mixed. During Monday, the state will briefly be in the warm air sector found between a warm front and a cold front that will pass Monday night. The brisk winds should keep all Air Quality readings in the Good category.
A second front will pass late Tuesday night with little fanfare. The third and most significant front of the week will pass early Thursday with a sharp cool-down in its wake. All of this activity should keep Air Quality mostly Good through the work week.
The best chance of any Moderate readings for fine particulates will come early in the weekend as a large high pressure ridge slides eastward across the Midsouth states. Calm nights will set up strong morning inversions and a good chance for widespread frost.
The fourth front of the forecast period should pass early Monday morning followed by another cool-down.
EXTENDED FORECAST:
Air Quality should be mostly Good going into next week.