Air Quality
Summary Report – Wildfires in Western NC
Friday, Nov 18, 2016
Joint Information Center: 828.575.2840
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Monitoring: Smoke monitoring
is occurring at many locations in Western NC: Murphy, Robbinsville,
Andrews, Franklin, Bryson City, Spruce Pine and Asheville.
Several fires are currently burning
in the Western NC and North Georgia area and
smoke levels recorded by these instruments may
not be from a single
fire incident.
Yesterday:
All the areas monitored
yesterday in Western NC saw smoke
levels in the Good
(Green) range for the past
16 hours.
Friday: Currently this morning, levels of fine particulate
matter in Robbinsville, Andrews,
Franklin, Spruce Pine, Asheville and
Bryson City are in the Good (Green) to Moderate (Yellow) AQI
level as of 0800.
Today, several of these communities may
see these concentration levels increase
to the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
(USG) range (Orange). The State
of NC has issued
a code Red
(Unhealthy) for Western
North Carolina counties today. Saturday: With the existing weather pattern and fire
behavior, the listed
below should see Good air quality Saturday.
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Site
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AQI
Nov 18th Friday
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AQI
Nov 19h Saturday
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Comments
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Robbinsville
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Mod
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Good
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NC Division of Air Quality
has issued a code
red for western NC. However, decreased fire activity
is predicted and
it is anticipated that air quality conditions will
not deteriorate to that level.
Air quality is predicted to
be in the Moderate to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
ranges today. Communities near and immediately downwind of the
fires could see localized higher concentrations.
Tomorrow, conditions are
expected to be good throughout the area.
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Andrews
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Mod
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Good
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Franklin
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USG
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Good
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Asheville
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Mod
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Good
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Bryson
City
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USG
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Good
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Spruce
Pine
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Mod
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Good
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Hendersonville
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USG
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Good
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Waynesville
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Mod
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Good
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Disclaimer: Conditions may
change quickly; these predictions are based on anticipated weather and fire activity. AQI estimates for sites do not represent a full 24 hour time period
but, rather, reflect a period of time within the day where smoke impacts would be greatest.
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Air Quality Index (AQI) Levels of Health Concern
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What the Index means
for your health
with regards to particulates from smoke
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Good
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None
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Moderate (Mod)
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Air quality is acceptable; however, for some
pollutants there
may be a moderate health concern for a very small
number of people.
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Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG)
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Although general public is not likely
to be affected at this AQI range, older adults and children are at greater
risk from the presence of particles in the air.
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Unhealthy
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Everyone may begin to experience some adverse health
effects, and members of the sensitive groups may experience more serious effects.
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Very Unhealthy
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Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely
to be affected.
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Hazardous
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Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health
effects.
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For more information about North Carolina
air quality updates: https://xapps.ncdenr.org/aq/ForecastCenter
For more information
about National Forests in North Carolina:
https://www.facebook.com/nfsnc/\ For more specific
information about wildfires
in National Forests in North Carolina: ncjicinformation@gmail.com
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