California air quality

Westmorland, California Air Quality

Imperial County33.037, -115.621

The nearest monitor to Westmorland, at Westmorland - 570 Cook St, under a mile away, measured an index of 33 at Sun, 4:00 AM PDT, which is Good for coarse particles (PM10). Imperial County Air Pollution Control District forecasts Moderate for Westmorland today and Moderate tomorrow.

Measured now
33 · Good
Today
87 · Moderate
Tomorrow
74 · Moderate
Pollutant
PM10

Radar

Reflectivity now over Westmorland, California. Open it to see the particulate forecast on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and 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 Westmorland right now. All California warnings.

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Westmorland - 570 Cook St, under a mile away (site 060254003)
Index measured
33 · Good
Measured at
Sun, 4:00 AM PDT
Ozone
22 ppb
Reporting area
Westmorland, CA, under a mile away
Reported by
Imperial County Air Pollution Control District
Area index
33 · Good

Measured, not modeled. AirNow observations are preliminary until the operating agency certifies them, which happens months later.

Today and tomorrow

Imperial County Air Pollution Control District's own forecast for Westmorland, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayModerate87Ozone
TomorrowModerate74Ozone
Tuesday, September 22Moderate58Ozone
Wednesday, September 23Moderate67Ozone
Thursday, September 24Moderate61PM10

The forecaster’s discussion

Written by Imperial County Air Pollution Control District for Westmorland and filed with AirNow.

Today, pollutant carryover is low after the gusty conditions Friday evening. However, light westerly to north-northwesterly winds will hinder dispersion throughout the day. Furthermore, mostly sunny skies and triple-digit heat will aid ozone development. As a result, AQI levels will be Moderate. Tomorrow, light southeasterly winds will reduce dispersion and gradually carry regional pollutants into the Imperial Valley. Furthermore, mostly sunny and warm conditions will enhance ozone formation, leading to high-Moderate ozone levels.

Hour by hour

NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability, bias-corrected against monitors, for this town’s own coordinate. The worst hour ahead is an index of 65, Moderate, around Mon, 10:00 PM PDT, from the run issued Sat, 11:00 PM PDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Sun, 1:00 AM PDT29Good3.8
Sun, 2:00 AM PDT28Good4.9
Sun, 3:00 AM PDT41Good9.5
Sun, 4:00 AM PDT48Good10
Sun, 5:00 AM PDT53Moderate11.7
Sun, 6:00 AM PDT51Moderate8.3
Sun, 7:00 AM PDT43Good6.521.1
Sun, 8:00 AM PDT47Good919.3
Sun, 9:00 AM PDT47Good8.619
Sun, 10:00 AM PDT52Moderate10.520.2
Sun, 11:00 AM PDT41Good5.322.4
Sun, 12:00 PM PDT45Good925.7
Sun, 1:00 PM PDT41Good6.629
Sun, 2:00 PM PDT38Good6.432.4
Sun, 3:00 PM PDT39Good7.536.9
Sun, 4:00 PM PDT41Good7.741.4
Sun, 5:00 PM PDT41Good5.744.9
Sun, 6:00 PM PDT43Good5.646.6
Sun, 7:00 PM PDT43Good7.646.7
Sun, 8:00 PM PDT42Good4.745.7
Sun, 9:00 PM PDT43Good9.843.9
Sun, 10:00 PM PDT42Good7.641.3
Sun, 11:00 PM PDT47Good9.238.3
Mon, 12:00 AM PDT52Moderate10.634.2
Mon, 1:00 AM PDT43Good6.129.5
Mon, 2:00 AM PDT42Good7.325.9
Mon, 3:00 AM PDT47Good9.423.5
Mon, 4:00 AM PDT48Good8.922.1
Mon, 5:00 AM PDT53Moderate11.621.6
Mon, 6:00 AM PDT50Good7.921.1
Mon, 7:00 AM PDT51Moderate9.720.4
Mon, 8:00 AM PDT54Moderate1220.7
Mon, 9:00 AM PDT52Moderate923.5
Mon, 10:00 AM PDT55Moderate13.226.2
Mon, 11:00 AM PDT52Moderate829.3
Mon, 12:00 PM PDT51Moderate8.933.1
Mon, 1:00 PM PDT44Good6.636.8
Mon, 2:00 PM PDT41Good6.841.1
Mon, 3:00 PM PDT44Good8.746.1
Mon, 4:00 PM PDT46Good7.150.4
Mon, 5:00 PM PDT49Good5.953.2
Mon, 6:00 PM PDT51Moderate9.155.1
Mon, 7:00 PM PDT51Moderate9.855.3
Mon, 8:00 PM PDT53Moderate11.753.7
Mon, 9:00 PM PDT62Moderate19.752.1
Mon, 10:00 PM PDT65Moderate1850.3
Mon, 11:00 PM PDT64Moderate15.747.7
Tue, 12:00 AM PDT61Moderate13.244.9
Tue, 1:00 AM PDT55Moderate7.841.2
Tue, 2:00 AM PDT52Moderate8.537.8
Tue, 3:00 AM PDT53Moderate10.535.8
Tue, 4:00 AM PDT46Good6.634.6
Tue, 5:00 AM PDT52Moderate1133.1
Tue, 6:00 AM PDT44Good6.231.7
Tue, 7:00 AM PDT40Good6.529.9
Tue, 8:00 AM PDT44Good8.828.6
Tue, 9:00 AM PDT35Good4.629.6
Tue, 10:00 AM PDT44Good9.731
Tue, 11:00 AM PDT32Good3.732.7
Tue, 12:00 PM PDT41Good935.3
Tue, 1:00 PM PDT38Good6.438.1
Tue, 2:00 PM PDT38Good6.341.6
Tue, 3:00 PM PDT42Good7.645.6
Tue, 4:00 PM PDT45Good949.5
Tue, 5:00 PM PDT48Good9.151.8
Tue, 6:00 PM PDT48Good8.252.9
Tue, 7:00 PM PDT48Good7.652.4
Tue, 8:00 PM PDT45Good4.749.6
Tue, 9:00 PM PDT42Good6.145.6
Tue, 10:00 PM PDT40Good8.441.2
Tue, 11:00 PM PDT55Moderate15.237

Fine particles in micrograms per cubic meter, ozone in parts per billion as an 8-hour average. The index for each hour is EPA’s: the ozone figure is already the 8-hour average the ozone index is defined on, and the particle figure is run through EPA’s NowCast, which is how an hourly PM2.5 concentration becomes an index.

Smoke

NOAA’s analysts have not drawn smoke over Westmorland in satellite imagery today.

NOAA’s model forecasts near-surface smoke peaking at 0.3 µg/m³ around Mon, 5:00 PM PDT.

Smoke on the radar over Westmorland

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.