Air Quality Forecast

Thursday, February 27, 2025
Ozone	AQI	Rating	Fine Particles	AQI	Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity	Good	Good	West Greenwich & Vicinity	49	Good
Providence & Vicinity	Good	Good	Providence & Vicinity	56	Moderate
Southern & Coastal	Good	Good	Southern & Coastal	52	Moderate

Friday, February 28, 2025
Ozone	AQI	Rating	Fine Particles	AQI	Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity	Good	Good	West Greenwich & Vicinity	28	Good
Providence & Vicinity	Good	Good	Providence & Vicinity	42	Good
Southern & Coastal	Good	Good	Southern & Coastal	28	Good

Saturday, February 29, 2025
Ozone	AQI	Rating	Fine Particles	AQI	Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity	Good	Good	West Greenwich & Vicinity	22	Good
Providence & Vicinity	Good	Good	Providence & Vicinity	32	Good
Southern & Coastal	Good	Good	Southern & Coastal	20	Good

Forecast Discussion

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | Updated 11:00 AM

Ozone readings expected to be GOOD through spring of 2025. Daily forecast is for fine particles.

An approaching front on Thursday will draw some elevated PM 2.5 from the US Southest where agricultural burning has been ongoing. Fine particles only expected to reach low MODERATE and will be limited by mixing and rain. Mild with highs near 50F. Sunshine, good mixing from westerly flow, and GOOD air quality expected on Friday, highs in the mid 40s. Another rain maker on Saturday with south flows, mild temperatures to near 50F, and clouds. Air quality GOOD.

Air Quality Index (AQI)

Rating	Index	Cautionary Statements
Good	0-50	Air quality is considered satisfactory and air pollution poses little or no risk.
Moderate	51-100	Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	101-150	Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.
Unhealthy	151-200	Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.
Very Unhealthy	201-300	Health Alert: Everyone may experience more serious health effects.
Hazardous	301 and higher	Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.

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