Oklahoma air quality

Wilson, Oklahoma Air Quality

Okmulgee County35.508, -96.035

The nearest monitor to Wilson, at Glenpool, 31 miles away, measured an index of 44 at Sun, 1:00 PM CDT, which is Good for fine particles (PM2.5). Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality forecasts Moderate for McAlester today and Good tomorrow. NOAA’s analysts drew light wildfire smoke over the town today.

Measured now
44 · Good
Today
60 · Moderate
Tomorrow
50 · Good
Pollutant
PM2.5

Fine particles on the map

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

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

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Glenpool, 31 miles away (site 401430174)
Index measured
44 · Good
Measured at
Sun, 1:00 PM CDT
Fine particles
8.3 µg/m³
Ozone
52 ppb
Reporting area
McAlester, OK, 43 miles away
Reported by
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
Area index
47 · Good

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

Today and tomorrow

Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality's own forecast for McAlester, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayModerate60PM2.5
TomorrowGood50PM2.5
Tuesday, September 22Good50PM2.5
Wednesday, September 23Good50PM2.5

The forecaster’s discussion

Written by Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality for McAlester and filed with AirNow.

Hot southerly breezes will continue to bring northward Saharan dust. Meanwhile, a lack of rain desiccates vegetation, leaves little water to evaporate, and allows incoming solar radiation to heat the surface very effectively. Therefore, very high fire danger persists, and any fires may produce locally unhealthy smoke. Sufficient moisture aloft, steady breezes, and diurnal cumulus convection in the afternoon will limit ozone to the moderate category. Meanwhile, monsoonal moisture will bring scattered rain showers to the Panhandle through the forecast period. Early next week, a cold front will spread isolated thunderstorms to the rest of the state, and temperatures will drop significantly but stay above normal. Afterward, easterly flow with moisture, clouds, and virga aloft will impede ozone formation, but a frontal inversion and episodic sunshine enhance ozone concentrations.

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 Wed, 5:00 AM CDT, from the run issued Sun, 7:00 AM CDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Sun, 9:00 AM CDT50Good8.9
Sun, 10:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.4
Sun, 11:00 AM CDT49Good8
Sun, 12:00 PM CDT48Good8.3
Sun, 1:00 PM CDT47Good8.3
Sun, 2:00 PM CDT47Good8.5
Sun, 3:00 PM CDT44Good6.938.6
Sun, 4:00 PM CDT38Good5.141.9
Sun, 5:00 PM CDT41Good4.444.8
Sun, 6:00 PM CDT44Good4.347.3
Sun, 7:00 PM CDT44Good3.448.3
Sun, 8:00 PM CDT44Good4.148.2
Sun, 9:00 PM CDT44Good3.547.9
Sun, 10:00 PM CDT44Good447.8
Sun, 11:00 PM CDT44Good4.247
Mon, 12:00 AM CDT42Good4.745.7
Mon, 1:00 AM CDT41Good4.144.2
Mon, 2:00 AM CDT38Good4.241.7
Mon, 3:00 AM CDT36Good339.4
Mon, 4:00 AM CDT34Good2.937.7
Mon, 5:00 AM CDT33Good2.736.4
Mon, 6:00 AM CDT31Good2.435
Mon, 7:00 AM CDT31Good3.134
Mon, 8:00 AM CDT31Good2.633.3
Mon, 9:00 AM CDT31Good3.133.1
Mon, 10:00 AM CDT31Good3.233.5
Mon, 11:00 AM CDT31Good3.134.2
Mon, 12:00 PM CDT32Good3.235.1
Mon, 1:00 PM CDT33Good3.736
Mon, 2:00 PM CDT34Good3.737
Mon, 3:00 PM CDT35Good438.4
Mon, 4:00 PM CDT36Good4.139.8
Mon, 5:00 PM CDT38Good4.541.4
Mon, 6:00 PM CDT39Good4.642.6
Mon, 7:00 PM CDT40Good4.343.3
Mon, 8:00 PM CDT40Good4.943.2
Mon, 9:00 PM CDT39Good4.342.7
Mon, 10:00 PM CDT38Good4.741.4
Mon, 11:00 PM CDT36Good5.139.5
Tue, 12:00 AM CDT34Good5.537.3
Tue, 1:00 AM CDT31Good5.934.5
Tue, 2:00 AM CDT31Good6.331.6
Tue, 3:00 AM CDT33Good6.528.7
Tue, 4:00 AM CDT37Good7.526.5
Tue, 5:00 AM CDT41Good8.224.6
Tue, 6:00 AM CDT47Good9.323.6
Tue, 7:00 AM CDT53Moderate11.622.7
Tue, 8:00 AM CDT54Moderate11.522.1
Tue, 9:00 AM CDT55Moderate12.122.1
Tue, 10:00 AM CDT55Moderate11.422.9
Tue, 11:00 AM CDT55Moderate1124.6
Tue, 12:00 PM CDT54Moderate10.126.7
Tue, 1:00 PM CDT53Moderate9.529
Tue, 2:00 PM CDT52Moderate9.131.4
Tue, 3:00 PM CDT52Moderate8.834.1
Tue, 4:00 PM CDT51Moderate8.637.1
Tue, 5:00 PM CDT50Good8.440
Tue, 6:00 PM CDT47Good7.842.3
Tue, 7:00 PM CDT43Good743.9
Tue, 8:00 PM CDT42Good7.344.3
Tue, 9:00 PM CDT41Good6.744.3
Tue, 10:00 PM CDT40Good7.443.3
Tue, 11:00 PM CDT43Good8.741.6
Wed, 12:00 AM CDT47Good9.939.2
Wed, 1:00 AM CDT51Moderate10.736.2
Wed, 2:00 AM CDT53Moderate11.533.2
Wed, 3:00 AM CDT55Moderate1230
Wed, 4:00 AM CDT55Moderate1227.3
Wed, 5:00 AM CDT56Moderate12.124.7
Wed, 6:00 AM CDT56Moderate11.922.7
Wed, 7:00 AM CDT56Moderate12.321

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 Wilson 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 1 µg/m³ around Sat, 10:00 PM CDT.

Smoke on the radar over Wilson

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.