FORECAST SUMMARY:
Monday, July 27th, 2020 through Monday, August 3rd, 2020
OZONE: 8-Hour average Ozone concentrations will be Good to Low Moderate through the forecast period. PM-2.5: 24-hour average Fine Particulate concentrations will be mostly Good.
FORECAST DISCUSSION:
The work week starts with a slow-moving cold front which could kick off shower activity during Monday. The clouds and shower activity will keep Air Quality in the Good range through the day.
The remainder of the forecast period should be the closest thing to a ‘normal’ summer weather week that we have seen in a while. Temperatures should stay in the lower 80’s, dew points comfortably dryer, and skies mostly rain-free. The wind patterns for the week will not feature any southwest winds, which can be so damaging to our Lake Michigan shoreline, and mostly clean-source wind directions to help Southeast Michigan. Winds do go calm, at the end of the work week, so we may see a brief period of stagnation creep in the urban areas but that should be short-lived.
So, for the first time in many weeks, I think we are comfortable going until Monday for our next forecast update.
EXTENDED FORECAST:
Air Quality should be mostly Good to Low Moderate going into next week.