Georgia air quality

Lakeview, Georgia Air Quality

Catoosa County34.979, -85.259

The nearest monitor to Lakeview, at Siskin Dr, 5 miles away, measured an index of 54 at Sun, 1:00 PM EDT, which is Moderate for fine particles (PM2.5). Tennessee Air Pollution Control Div. forecasts Moderate for Chattanooga today and Moderate tomorrow. NOAA’s analysts drew medium wildfire smoke over the town today.

Measured now
54 · Moderate
Today
55 · Moderate
Tomorrow
53 · Moderate
Pollutant
PM2.5

Fine particles on the map

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

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Lakeview, Georgia 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 Lakeview right now. All Georgia warnings.

Now

Moderate

Nearest monitor
Siskin Dr, 5 miles away (site 470654002)
Index measured
54 · Moderate
Measured at
Sun, 1:00 PM EDT
Fine particles
10.8 µg/m³
Reporting area
Chattanooga, TN, 8 miles away
Reported by
Tennessee Air Pollution Control Div.
Area index
54 · Moderate

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

Today and tomorrow

Tennessee Air Pollution Control Div.'s own forecast for Chattanooga, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayModerate55PM2.5
TomorrowModerate53PM2.5
Tuesday, September 22Good50PM2.5

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 Lakeview in satellite imagery today (Sun, 8:00 AM EDT to Sun, 11:00 AM EDT). 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, 4:00 PM EDT.

Smoke on the radar over Lakeview

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.

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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.