Air Quality Alert

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Ground Level Ozone as well as Fine Particulates related to wildfire smoke, until midnight EDT tonight. Poor air quality due to ground level ozone will likely improve after 8 PM with poor air quality due to fine particulates improving after midnight tonight.

An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone and Fine Particulates concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For additional information, please visit the North Carolina Division of Air Quality Web site at https://airquality.climate.ncsu.edu