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Air Quality Forecast

Saturday, May 10, 2025
Ozone AQI Rating Fine Particles AQI Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity 41 Good West Greenwich & Vicinity 28 Good
Providence & Vicinity 39 Good Providence & Vicinity 28 Good
Southern & Coastal 40 Good Southern & Coastal 28 Good
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Ozone AQI Rating Fine Particles AQI Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity 35 Good West Greenwich & Vicinity 17 Good
Providence & Vicinity 38 Good Providence & Vicinity 22 Good
Southern & Coastal 37 Good Southern & Coastal 22 Good
Monday, May 12, 2025
Ozone AQI Rating Fine Particles AQI Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity 37 Good West Greenwich & Vicinity 33 Good
Providence & Vicinity 39 Good Providence & Vicinity 50 Good
Southern & Coastal 40 Good Southern & Coastal 39 Good

Forecast Discussion

Friday, May 9, 2025 | Updated 2:45 PM

The latest round of spring precipitation ends Saturday afternoon. Conditions gradually clear as the upper-level migrates to the Canadian Maritimes Saturday night, ushering in weak high pressure for Sunday. NW flow keeps air quality for ozone and fine particles GOOD through the weekend. High pressure offshore shifts winds to the south on Monday with warmer temperatures and continued GOOD air quality.

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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Additional Resources

For further information, contact:

Darren Austin at (401) 537-4404
Joseph Poccia at (401) 537-4385