Air Quality Forecast

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Ozone	AQI	Rating	Fine Particles	AQI	Rating
Western	38	🟢Good	Western	24	🟢Good
Providence	37	🟢Good	Providence	34	🟢Good
Coastal	38	🟢Good	Coastal	24	🟢Good

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Ozone	AQI	Rating	Fine Particles	AQI	Rating
Western	42	🟢Good	Western	36	🟢Good
Providence	41	🟢Good	Providence	48	🟢Good
Coastal	43	🟢Good	Coastal	38	🟢Good

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Ozone	AQI	Rating	Fine Particles	AQI	Rating
Western	45	🟢Good	Western	32	🟢Good
Providence	44	🟢Good	Providence	46	🟢Good
Coastal	46	🟢Good	Coastal	34	🟢Good

Forecast Discussion

Monday, October 26, 2026 | Updated 3:10 PM

The run of sunny and clear fall weather will continue this week. High pressure and north wind on Tuesday with GOOD air quality. Highs in the mid 50s. Light winds on Wednesday with high pressure directly overhead. Some light PM 2.5 late day and overnight into upper GOOD with SW winds developing. Milder on Thursday, with SSW winds and temperatures into the mid 60s with GOOD air quality.

Air Quality Forecast Regions

Air Quality Index (AQI)

Rating	Index	Cautionary Statements
🟢Good	0-50	Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
🟡Moderate	51-100	Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.
🟠Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	101-150	Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.
🔴Unhealthy	151-200	Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.
🟣Very Unhealthy	201-300	Health Alert: Everyone may experience more serious health effects.
🟤Hazardous	301 and higher	Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.

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