Gurley, Alabama Air Quality
The nearest monitor to Gurley, at TARRANT, 16 miles away, measured an index of 42 at Sun, 11:00 AM CDT, which is Good for ground-level ozone. Alabama Department of Environmental Management forecasts Moderate for Birmingham today and Moderate tomorrow. NOAA’s analysts drew medium wildfire smoke over the town today.
- Measured now
- 42 · Good
- Today
- 64 · Moderate
- Tomorrow
- 58 · Moderate
- Pollutant
- Ozone
Fine particles on the map
Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Gurley, Alabama. Open it for the live map, where it pans and zooms.
Open the live map with the particulate forecast
Map layer from NOAA National Air Quality Forecast Capability. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Alerts in force
An Air Quality Alert is issued by the National Weather Service on behalf of a state or local agency when pollution is expected to reach a level that harms health. An Air Stagnation Advisory means the air will not move enough to clear what is already in it.
None are in force near Gurley right now. All Alabama warnings.
Now
Good
- Nearest monitor
- TARRANT, 16 miles away (site 010736002)
- Index measured
- 42 · Good
- Measured at
- Sun, 11:00 AM CDT
- Ozone
- 55 ppb
- Reporting area
- Birmingham, AL, 25 miles away
- Reported by
- Alabama Department of Environmental Management
- Area index
- 51 · Moderate
Measured, not modeled. AirNow observations are preliminary until the operating agency certifies them, which happens months later.
Today and tomorrow
Alabama Department of Environmental Management's own forecast for Birmingham, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.
| Day | Category | Index | Pollutant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Moderate | 64 | Ozone |
| Tomorrow | Moderate | 58 | Ozone |
The forecaster’s discussion
Written by Alabama Department of Environmental Management for Birmingham and filed with AirNow.
Saturday-Monday: Upper level ridging over the area will continue to break down. This will allow for a low chance for scattered afternoon through early evening storms each day. Temperatures will remain above normal in the mid to upper 90s. PM2.5 and Ozone are both expected to be in the yellow (moderate) range through Monday. ML
Hour by hour
NOAA’s air quality model could not be read for this point just now. It runs twice a day and covers the lower 48, Alaska and Hawaii.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts drew medium smoke over Gurley in satellite imagery today (Sun, 7:00 AM CDT to Sun, 10:00 AM CDT). That is smoke seen from above; it is not always smoke at ground level.
NOAA’s model forecasts near-surface smoke peaking at 0.9 µg/m³ around Mon, 1:00 PM CDT.
What this means
Good
Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
- Who is affected
- Nobody is expected to be affected.
- What to do
- It is a good day to be outside.
- Index range
- 0 to 50
Category descriptions are the Environmental Protection Agency’s own.
What these numbers are. An index beside a monitor’s name is a measurement, published hourly by AirNow and preliminary until the operating agency certifies it. A category for today or tomorrow is a state or local agency forecaster’s own forecast for a reporting area. An hourly index is NOAA’s air quality model on a five-kilometer grid, not a reading from any instrument. Where a town has no monitor within reach, only the model figures appear, and the page says so.
Nearby
The nearest towns with a page of their own, closest first.
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Sources
Observations and daily forecasts from AirNow, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s program with NOAA, the National Park Service, NASA, tribal, state and local agencies. Hourly forecasts from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability. Smoke analysis from NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System. Alerts from the National Weather Service. Index categories and breakpoints are EPA’s, as revised in 2024.