Air Quality
Air Quality Awareness Week is
April 29th-May 3rd, 2013
http://www.epa.gov/airnow/airaware
Learn about air quality and what causes it to change...
http://www.airquality.noaa.gov/
http://www.epa.gov/airnow/airaware/resources.html
The National Weather Service forecast office in Upton, New York (Central
Long Island) will relay official
air quality information from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut state
environmental agencies, New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation (NY DEC), New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (NJ DEP), and Connecticut Department of
Environmental Protection (CT DEP).
Air Quality Index (AQI) – a measure of how polluted the air is and what
health effects this results in
AQI Range |
Category
|
Health Effects
|
0-50
|
Good
|
Satisfactory, little or no risk.
|
51-100
|
Moderate
|
Acceptable, but moderate health concern for very small number of
people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution for some
pollutants.
|
101-150
|
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
|
General public not likely to be affected. Members of sensitive
groups may experience health effects.
|
151-200
|
Unhealthy
|
Everyone may begin experience health effects and sensitive groups
more serious health effects.
|
201-300
|
Very Unhealthy
|
Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects.
|
301-500
|
Hazardous
|
Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is
more likely to be affected.
|
National Air Quality Information from
AIRNow
Regional Air Quality Forecasts from NY DEC, NJ DEP and CT DEEP
New York Air Quality Forecast from NY DEC
New Jersey Air Quality Indices
from NJ DEP
Connecticut Air Quality Indices from CT DEEP
Latest Air Quality Alert
Air Quality Forecast
Guidance for the Northeast Metro Area
weather.gov 
