American Lung Association scores South County an "F" generally for ground level ozone pollution
By Will Collette
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Thursday May 3, 2018, 9:00 AM
An Air Quality alert is being issued for Thursday, May 3 for
all RI Counties.
A second day of favorable conditions for ozone formation
(prolonged sun, southwest flows, and relatively stagnant air) will result in
ozone reaching UNHEALTHY levels during the afternoon and well into the evening
hours.
Highs into the 80s inland, cooler coastal. Increased clouds towards
sunset with a chance of showers.
Mixed sun and clouds on Friday, with ozone
levels expected to drop to MODERATE, with highs in the mid 70s.
A front passes
offshore Saturday, with sunshine and comfortable temperatures in the 70s. Air
quality expected to be GOOD.
This is not unusual for South County, though this is pretty early in the season for bad air to show up. Usually we have to wait for increased car traffic from our summer visitors to hike our ozone levels.
In the American Lung Association's recent national evaluation of air quality, South County was the only part of Rhode Island to receive an abysmal "F" for ground level ozone pollution.
Here is our report card:
Springtime and good weather also mean extremely
high pollen levels as this forecast shows:
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