AQI - Air Quality Index checker

[Greenbug]

525 In Bend this morning.....

 

[Medic!]

If you have an apple phone. You can open the Weather app and enter any U.S. location, then scroll to the bottom.
It gives you an air quality number.

 

[CamoDeafie]

467 (Hazardous) now in 97322/Albany.

 

[CLT65]

One thing to remember- depending on your location those numbers can be completely inaccurate. For example, both the site linked and my iPhone say that my location is over 500. We have a brand new air quality meter at work, and it reads half that right now.

It appears that my zip code is lumped in with Salem. We're northwest of Salem and not near as bad. We were over 550 on Thursday and had to shut the plant down because of it. We're restarting now, and it's a huge hassle and expense. If we were still over 500 here we wouldn't be able to restart.

 

[Howard1955]

I was outside for a bit last night, and shined my flashlight around to see if any glowing eyes were nearby. (Sometimes we have deer grazing close to our house.)

No glowing eyes looking at me last night - but I was amazed by how thick the falling ash was. I couldn't see it at all except in the beam from my flashlight. I'll be wearing a mask outside until this stuff clears away.

 

[Flymph]

I've been having fun monitoring this gauge, thanks for your post!

 

[sobo]

In Kennewick today, at 1200 hrs, the AQI = 537, with viz at 1,000 yards.

 

[Ura-Ki]

97302 pegged the AQI needle full red 528 @12:47
Some sources say 680, some say high 500's
Visibility @ 400 meters or less, winds at 5 to 10 west south west bearing between 232-256ish!

Federal Aviation Administration - Graphic TFR's

 

[RVTECH]

523 in Lapine!

 

[Hop Sing]

I needed something to cheer me up today. That link was not it! No wonder I feel like I power smoked a pack of Camels...

But thanks though!

 

[MarshalChillN]

182 in Longview,Kelso,WA at Noon

 

[Heyjoe]

Double yesterday's count at 150 in Canyon County, ID. I noticed lots of backyard fires last night interestingly. I expect the air to get much worse as prevailing winds in the Treasure Valley tend westerly. The area commonly experiences bad inversions in the winter due to the terrain so poor air quality is a part of life here.

Still, this pit in my gut is for everyone who's been displaced even temporarily on top of the multitude of other trials our region and world are fighting.

Stay well my friends.

 

[malakajim]

Been checking my area 97218, off and on a few times today. This morning it was high 200's, just now - 511. Went and took a look outside and yeah, it's much worse than earlier.

 

[briant27]

Usually 3rd world countries hover around 60-120. Where we are at right now is roughly 5 to 10 times that amount.

 

[Ura-Ki]

They say we're the most polluted area of the world, far worse then the worst in china or africa! Salem is now over 600, looks like a dense ground level fog! Can't go outside with out a full mask, my eyes burn from all the smoke, and I can taste it, even through the mask!

 

[HaveGun]

Just checked and it's 532 here on the East side. My eyes are burning.

 

[Unicykle]

Off the index for milwaukie

 

[Lasers]

How far does a guy have to go to get some fresh air around here?


Well, pretty far actually.

 

[E4mafia]

317 at 0106hrs in 97124

 

[Lasers]

Just chopped this from the Nasa images