Air Quality Right Now

What is air quality like in Arizona right now?

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

·       Real-time air quality monitors in Arizona display local air quality conditions: 

        http://phoenixvis.net/PPMmain.asp

FEDERAL TEMPORARY MONITORS

·       Federal temporary smoke monitors.  These monitors are deployed only as needed during major smoke incidents.  So often there are none located in Washington:  http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/smoke.pl

US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

·       EPA provides a nice map of current and forecasted air quality at their AirNow page: http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.local_state&stateid=49&tab=0

NATIONAL OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (these displays are a little more complicated)

·       National Weather Service smoke forecast (see “1Hr Average Surface Smoke”): http://airquality.weather.gov/sectors/pacnorthwest.php#tabs

·       Fire and smoke visualizations: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/fire.html

OTHER

·       The National “Smog Blog” features interesting air quality events from around the world.  If there's a big smoke incident in Washington, you may find it discussed here: http://alg.umbc.edu/usaq/