Louisiana air quality

Addis, Louisiana Air Quality

West Baton Rouge Parish30.354, -91.265

The nearest monitor to Addis, at LSU, 7 miles away, measured an index of 28 at Fri, 10:00 AM CDT, which is Good for ground-level ozone. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality forecasts Moderate for Baton Rouge Area today and Moderate tomorrow. NOAA’s analysts drew light wildfire smoke over the town today.

Measured now
28 · Good
Today
58 · Moderate
Tomorrow
71 · Moderate
Pollutant
Ozone

Fine particles on the map

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

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

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
LSU, 7 miles away (site 220330003)
Index measured
28 · Good
Measured at
Fri, 10:00 AM CDT
Ozone
34 ppb
Reporting area
Baton Rouge Area, LA, 11 miles away
Reported by
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Area index
52 · Moderate

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

Today and tomorrow

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality's own forecast for Baton Rouge Area, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayModerate58Ozone
TomorrowModerate71Ozone
Sunday, September 27Moderate80Ozone

The forecaster’s discussion

Written by Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for Baton Rouge Area and filed with AirNow.

Friday, with surface high pressure positioned over the Great Lakes, light east-northeasterly winds will hinder dispersion of pollutants and smoke from localized fires. In addition, mostly sunny skies and temperatures around 85-90F will aid ozone development. Therefore, AQI levels will be high-Good to low-Moderate. Saturday, calm to light easterly to northeasterly winds will allow pollutants and thin smoke to accumulate across the region. Additionally, partly to mostly sunny skies and slightly warmer temperatures will increase ozone production. These conditions will lead to low- to mid-Moderate AQI levels across the state. Sunday, calm to light northerly to northeasterly winds will continue to limit dispersion. Furthermore, temperatures around 90-95F, mostly sunny skies, and lingering smoke will enhance ozone production. Thus, AQI levels will remain low- to mid-Moderate.

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 56, Moderate, around Sat, 3:00 AM CDT, from the run issued Fri, 7:00 AM CDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Fri, 11:00 AM CDT47Good8.320.7
Fri, 12:00 PM CDT47Good8.424.5
Fri, 1:00 PM CDT47Good8.529.1
Fri, 2:00 PM CDT49Good1034.4
Fri, 3:00 PM CDT52Moderate11.639.8
Fri, 4:00 PM CDT52Moderate9.744.8
Fri, 5:00 PM CDT52Moderate8.648.7
Fri, 6:00 PM CDT49Good851.4
Fri, 7:00 PM CDT49Good8.452.3
Fri, 8:00 PM CDT52Moderate10.850.4
Fri, 9:00 PM CDT52Moderate10.247.2
Fri, 10:00 PM CDT53Moderate11.543.6
Fri, 11:00 PM CDT53Moderate10.739.4
Sat, 12:00 AM CDT54Moderate11.134.6
Sat, 1:00 AM CDT55Moderate12.230.1
Sat, 2:00 AM CDT55Moderate11.824.9
Sat, 3:00 AM CDT56Moderate12.119.9
Sat, 4:00 AM CDT55Moderate11.116.6
Sat, 5:00 AM CDT55Moderate10.614
Sat, 6:00 AM CDT55Moderate11.311.4
Sat, 7:00 AM CDT55Moderate10.59.1
Sat, 8:00 AM CDT55Moderate12.58.3
Sat, 9:00 AM CDT55Moderate11.48.6
Sat, 10:00 AM CDT53Moderate8.411.8
Sat, 11:00 AM CDT52Moderate7.916.5
Sat, 12:00 PM CDT49Good8.322.4
Sat, 1:00 PM CDT46Good7.528.3
Sat, 2:00 PM CDT46Good8.234.4
Sat, 3:00 PM CDT48Good9.140.9
Sat, 4:00 PM CDT45Good7.446.7
Sat, 5:00 PM CDT47Good6.451.4
Sat, 6:00 PM CDT49Good8.453.6
Sat, 7:00 PM CDT49Good8.453.7
Sat, 8:00 PM CDT47Good951.2
Sat, 9:00 PM CDT44Good7.447.4
Sat, 10:00 PM CDT42Good6.542.8
Sat, 11:00 PM CDT36Good5.338
Sun, 12:00 AM CDT33Good5.333.4
Sun, 1:00 AM CDT36Good6.928.3
Sun, 2:00 AM CDT37Good7.123.4
Sun, 3:00 AM CDT33Good5.219.5
Sun, 4:00 AM CDT34Good6.416.7
Sun, 5:00 AM CDT36Good6.915
Sun, 6:00 AM CDT42Good9.113.7
Sun, 7:00 AM CDT44Good8.412
Sun, 8:00 AM CDT51Moderate10.410.7
Sun, 9:00 AM CDT52Moderate9.710.8
Sun, 10:00 AM CDT52Moderate9.513.1
Sun, 11:00 AM CDT49Good8.516.8
Sun, 12:00 PM CDT48Good8.421.8
Sun, 1:00 PM CDT46Good827.6
Sun, 2:00 PM CDT48Good9.234.1
Sun, 3:00 PM CDT51Moderate10.340.6
Sun, 4:00 PM CDT50Good8.646.8
Sun, 5:00 PM CDT47Good6.851.7
Sun, 6:00 PM CDT50Good7.354.3
Sun, 7:00 PM CDT50Good7.854.8
Sun, 8:00 PM CDT49Good9.553.2
Sun, 9:00 PM CDT52Moderate11.249.7
Sun, 10:00 PM CDT53Moderate11.345.4
Sun, 11:00 PM CDT52Moderate8.240.9
Mon, 12:00 AM CDT48Good7.635.9
Mon, 1:00 AM CDT49Good930.5
Mon, 2:00 AM CDT50Good9.5
Mon, 3:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.8
Mon, 4:00 AM CDT51Moderate8.9
Mon, 5:00 AM CDT50Good8.7
Mon, 6:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.3
Mon, 7:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.3

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 Hazard Mapping System analysts drew light smoke over Addis in satellite imagery today (Fri, 7:00 AM CDT to Fri, 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 1.8 µg/m³ around Fri, 10:00 PM CDT.

Smoke on the radar over Addis

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.