Florida air quality

Cedar Grove, Florida Air Quality

Bay County30.171, -85.625

The nearest monitor to Cedar Grove, at St. Andrews Park, 7 miles away, measured an index of 51 at Sun, 8:00 AM CDT, which is Moderate for fine particles (PM2.5). Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection forecasts Good for Bay and Gulf Counties today and Good tomorrow.

Measured now
51 · Moderate
Today
— · Good
Tomorrow
— · Good
Pollutant
PM2.5

Fine particles on the map

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Cedar Grove, Florida. Open it for the live map, where it pans and zooms.

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Cedar Grove, Florida 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 Cedar Grove right now. All Florida warnings.

Now

Moderate

Nearest monitor
St. Andrews Park, 7 miles away (site 120050006)
Index measured
51 · Moderate
Measured at
Sun, 8:00 AM CDT
Fine particles
9.2 µg/m³
Ozone
31 ppb
Reporting area
Bay and Gulf Counties, FL, 10 miles away
Reported by
Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection
Area index
51 · Moderate

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

Today and tomorrow

Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection's own forecast for Bay and Gulf Counties, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayGoodOzone
TomorrowGoodOzone
Tuesday, September 22GoodOzone
Wednesday, September 23GoodOzone

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 55, Moderate, around Sun, 2:00 PM CDT, from the run issued Sun, 1:00 AM CDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Sun, 3:00 AM CDT41Good6.6
Sun, 4:00 AM CDT45Good9
Sun, 5:00 AM CDT46Good8.6
Sun, 6:00 AM CDT51Moderate10.3
Sun, 7:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.6
Sun, 8:00 AM CDT54Moderate11.7
Sun, 9:00 AM CDT54Moderate10.626.7
Sun, 10:00 AM CDT53Moderate9.926.6
Sun, 11:00 AM CDT52Moderate9.127.4
Sun, 12:00 PM CDT54Moderate11.729.1
Sun, 1:00 PM CDT54Moderate10.631.9
Sun, 2:00 PM CDT55Moderate11.934.2
Sun, 3:00 PM CDT54Moderate11.236.9
Sun, 4:00 PM CDT54Moderate9.939.3
Sun, 5:00 PM CDT54Moderate11.240.8
Sun, 6:00 PM CDT53Moderate9.341.9
Sun, 7:00 PM CDT54Moderate11.142.7
Sun, 8:00 PM CDT54Moderate11.441.8
Sun, 9:00 PM CDT55Moderate11.939.9
Sun, 10:00 PM CDT55Moderate11.237.7
Sun, 11:00 PM CDT55Moderate11.736
Mon, 12:00 AM CDT54Moderate9.334.5
Mon, 1:00 AM CDT54Moderate10.633.4
Mon, 2:00 AM CDT53Moderate9.432.2
Mon, 3:00 AM CDT51Moderate7.530.9
Mon, 4:00 AM CDT49Good8.430.6
Mon, 5:00 AM CDT48Good8.530.1
Mon, 6:00 AM CDT47Good8.329.5
Mon, 7:00 AM CDT48Good8.728.1
Mon, 8:00 AM CDT51Moderate1027.1
Mon, 9:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.826.9
Mon, 10:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.427.6
Mon, 11:00 AM CDT49Good828.8
Mon, 12:00 PM CDT47Good7.630
Mon, 1:00 PM CDT42Good6.231.8
Mon, 2:00 PM CDT43Good8.133.8
Mon, 3:00 PM CDT44Good8.336.5
Mon, 4:00 PM CDT44Good8.238.9
Mon, 5:00 PM CDT47Good9.340.5
Mon, 6:00 PM CDT46Good8.141.4
Mon, 7:00 PM CDT47Good8.742
Mon, 8:00 PM CDT46Good7.942.1
Mon, 9:00 PM CDT48Good9.541.9
Mon, 10:00 PM CDT48Good8.840.8
Mon, 11:00 PM CDT48Good8.939.4
Tue, 12:00 AM CDT46Good7.537.4
Tue, 1:00 AM CDT48Good9.435.2
Tue, 2:00 AM CDT48Good932.1
Tue, 3:00 AM CDT46Good728.8
Tue, 4:00 AM CDT46Good8.626.3
Tue, 5:00 AM CDT46Good8.423.8
Tue, 6:00 AM CDT47Good9.221.9
Tue, 7:00 AM CDT48Good9.320.1
Tue, 8:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.618.9
Tue, 9:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.219.6
Tue, 10:00 AM CDT52Moderate9.121.5
Tue, 11:00 AM CDT49Good7.924
Tue, 12:00 PM CDT48Good826.6
Tue, 1:00 PM CDT42Good6.129.3
Tue, 2:00 PM CDT38Good6.331.3
Tue, 3:00 PM CDT38Good6.733.8
Tue, 4:00 PM CDT39Good7.236.5
Tue, 5:00 PM CDT41Good7.838
Tue, 6:00 PM CDT44Good938.9
Tue, 7:00 PM CDT48Good9.839.4
Tue, 8:00 PM CDT47Good8.338.8
Tue, 9:00 PM CDT48Good8.937.9
Tue, 10:00 PM CDT48Good8.637
Tue, 11:00 PM CDT52Moderate1135.6
Wed, 12:00 AM CDT49Good7.733.6
Wed, 1:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.931.5

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 Cedar Grove in satellite imagery today.

NOAA’s model forecasts near-surface smoke peaking at 1.9 µg/m³ around Sun, 8:00 AM CDT.

Smoke on the radar over Cedar Grove

What this means

Moderate

Air quality is acceptable. There may be a risk for some people, particularly those who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.

Who is affected
People who are unusually sensitive to ozone or fine particles.
What to do
If you are unusually sensitive, consider making long or intense outdoor activity shorter or easier.
Index range
51 to 100

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.

Weather forecast for Cedar GroveWarnings in Bay CountyLive radar over Cedar GroveFlorida air quality

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.