Air Quality Forecast

*FNSB Air Quality Near-Real-Time

Current Photo of Fairbanks

_______________ Black line is the PM2.5 Non-Attainment Area.

* The AQI is an index for reporting daily air quality and uses a weighted 12 hour PM concentration formula to display localized conditions. It tells you how clean or polluted your air is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for you. This will give people information that they can use to protect their health when air quality is poor, and help them get outdoors and get exercise when air quality is good. Current one hour PM 2.5 concentration values can still be found by visiting the DEC website, or by selecting “More Instrument Data” above, but should not be considered representative of a 12 or 24 hour concentration average.

	Interior Alaska SPM (special purpose monitor) instruments are short term (monitoring until March 31, 2017) and produce non-regulatory quality data. These data are to be used for assessing general PM2.5 levels, not comparing particular concentrations to the EPA standard.

Air Quality Guide to Particle (PM 2.5) Pollution

AQI (Air Quality Index)	AQI Category	Cautionary Statement	Health Statement
0-50	Good	None	None
51-100	Moderate	Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion.	None
101-150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	People with respiratory or heart disease, the elderly, and children should limit prolonged exertion.	Increasing likelihood of respiratory symptoms in sensitive individuals, aggravation of heart or lung disease and premature mortality in persons with cardiopulmonary disease and the elderly.
151-200	Unhealthy	People with respiratory or heart disease, the elderly, and children should avoid prolonged exertion; everyone else should limit prolonged exertion.	Increased aggravation of heart or lung disease and premature mortality in persons with cardiopulmonary disease and the elderly: increased respiratory effects in general population.
201-300	Very Unhealthy	People with respiratory or heart disease, the elderly, and children should avoid outdoor activity; everyone else should avoid prolonged exertion.	Significant aggravation of the heart or lung disease and premature mortality in persons with cardiopulmonary disease and the elderly: significant increase in respiratory effects in the general population.
301-500	Hazardous	Everyone should avoid any outdoor exertion; people with respiratory or heart disease; the elderly and children should remain indoors.	Significant aggravation of heart or lung disease and premature mortality in persons with cardiopulmonary disease and the elderly: significant increase in respiratory effects in the general population.