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Air Quality Forecast

Saturday, May 31, 2025
Ozone AQI Rating Fine Particles AQI Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity 45 Good West Greenwich & Vicinity 55 Moderate
Providence & Vicinity 44 Good Providence & Vicinity 64 Moderate
Southern & Coastal 46 Good Southern & Coastal 56 Moderate
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Ozone AQI Rating Fine Particles AQI Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity 46 Good West Greenwich & Vicinity 52 Moderate
Providence & Vicinity 44 Good Providence & Vicinity 62 Moderate
Southern & Coastal 47 Good Southern & Coastal 54 Moderate
Monday, June 2, 2025
Ozone AQI Rating Fine Particles AQI Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity 48 Good West Greenwich & Vicinity 32 Good
Providence & Vicinity 48 Good Providence & Vicinity 44 Good
Southern & Coastal 49 Good Southern & Coastal 40 Good

Forecast Discussion

Friday, May 30, 2025 | Updated 2:50 PM

Saturday will be a day to keep an eye on for Canadian wild-fire smoke arriving late in the day. As of now, looks like a glancing blow, with fine particles reaching MODERATE during the late afternoon and lasting in the first half of Sunday. Low pressure in the area Saturday, with clouds, and showers, SE winds shifting W. Highs near 70F. Clouds and showers early Sunday.  Fine particles drop to upper GOOD late day with increased sunshine. Highs in the upper 60s. Sunshine, high pressure, and GOOD air quality for Monday. Light SW winds with highs near 70F. 

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