Texas air quality

Redwater, Texas Air Quality

Bowie County33.358, -94.254

The nearest monitor to Redwater, at Texarkana New Boston, 12 miles away, measured an index of 54 at Sun, 7:00 AM CDT, which is Moderate for fine particles (PM2.5). Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality forecasts Moderate for Shreveport today and Moderate tomorrow.

Measured now
54 · Moderate
Today
84 · Moderate
Tomorrow
67 · Moderate
Pollutant
PM2.5

Radar

Reflectivity now over Redwater, Texas. 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 Redwater right now. All Texas warnings.

Now

Moderate

Nearest monitor
Texarkana New Boston, 12 miles away (site 480371031)
Index measured
54 · Moderate
Measured at
Sun, 7:00 AM CDT
Reporting area
Shreveport, LA, 64 miles away
Reported by
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Area index
67 · 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 Shreveport, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayModerate84Ozone
TomorrowModerate67Ozone

The forecaster’s discussion

Written by Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for Shreveport and filed with AirNow.

Saturday, light southeasterly to southerly winds will hinder dispersion and allow regional thin smoke and other pollutants to linger over Louisiana. Furthermore, sunny and hot conditions will continue to promote ozone formation. Therefore, AQI levels will be low- to mid-Moderate in most locations, with high-Moderate AQI levels expected in Baton Rouge. Sunday and Monday, as surface high pressure settles over the Bayou State, light and variable winds will inhibit dispersion, allowing pollutants to remain over the state. In addition, mostly sunny and hot conditions will be conducive for ozone production each afternoon. Thus, AQI levels will be low- to mid-Moderate in most cities on both days.

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, 10:00 AM CDT, from the run issued Sun, 1:00 AM CDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Sun, 3:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.7
Sun, 4:00 AM CDT52Moderate9.3
Sun, 5:00 AM CDT51Moderate8.5
Sun, 6:00 AM CDT47Good7.5
Sun, 7:00 AM CDT49Good9.7
Sun, 8:00 AM CDT42Good6.1
Sun, 9:00 AM CDT51Moderate11.318.1
Sun, 10:00 AM CDT55Moderate13.220.1
Sun, 11:00 AM CDT55Moderate10.923.2
Sun, 12:00 PM CDT47Good626.4
Sun, 1:00 PM CDT43Good729.8
Sun, 2:00 PM CDT38Good5.933.5
Sun, 3:00 PM CDT38Good737.4
Sun, 4:00 PM CDT38Good5.841.4
Sun, 5:00 PM CDT41Good3.444.7
Sun, 6:00 PM CDT43Good5.146.4
Sun, 7:00 PM CDT44Good5.447.1
Sun, 8:00 PM CDT44Good2.547.1
Sun, 9:00 PM CDT43Good2.146.2
Sun, 10:00 PM CDT41Good6.144.4
Sun, 11:00 PM CDT38Good941.8
Mon, 12:00 AM CDT35Good5.138.9
Mon, 1:00 AM CDT39Good8.135.7
Mon, 2:00 AM CDT41Good7.732.2
Mon, 3:00 AM CDT49Good10.328.8
Mon, 4:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.325.7
Mon, 5:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.123.5
Mon, 6:00 AM CDT50Good8.823.1
Mon, 7:00 AM CDT42Good6.223.3
Mon, 8:00 AM CDT29Good3.123
Mon, 9:00 AM CDT33Good6.522.9
Mon, 10:00 AM CDT42Good9.423.8
Mon, 11:00 AM CDT51Moderate1125.9
Mon, 12:00 PM CDT45Good729.1
Mon, 1:00 PM CDT38Good5.732.6
Mon, 2:00 PM CDT38Good6.835.3
Mon, 3:00 PM CDT41Good7.838.1
Mon, 4:00 PM CDT43Good8.441.4
Mon, 5:00 PM CDT42Good6.545.1
Mon, 6:00 PM CDT44Good8.648
Mon, 7:00 PM CDT45Good8.149.8
Mon, 8:00 PM CDT45Good549.9
Mon, 9:00 PM CDT44Good4.248.9
Mon, 10:00 PM CDT44Good5.647.1
Mon, 11:00 PM CDT42Good7.645.2
Tue, 12:00 AM CDT40Good5.643.1
Tue, 1:00 AM CDT37Good6.140.1
Tue, 2:00 AM CDT33Good4.636.4
Tue, 3:00 AM CDT30Good5.132.6
Tue, 4:00 AM CDT33Good6.729.2
Tue, 5:00 AM CDT40Good8.626.5
Tue, 6:00 AM CDT46Good9.324
Tue, 7:00 AM CDT49Good9.421.7
Tue, 8:00 AM CDT48Good8.819.9
Tue, 9:00 AM CDT48Good8.619.1
Tue, 10:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.820
Tue, 11:00 AM CDT54Moderate11.522.5
Tue, 12:00 PM CDT52Moderate9.125.9
Tue, 1:00 PM CDT55Moderate12.229.6
Tue, 2:00 PM CDT52Moderate8.934
Tue, 3:00 PM CDT52Moderate8.838.4
Tue, 4:00 PM CDT47Good7.242.9
Tue, 5:00 PM CDT43Good4.746.9
Tue, 6:00 PM CDT45Good7.549.2
Tue, 7:00 PM CDT45Good6.549.8
Tue, 8:00 PM CDT44Good5.148.7
Tue, 9:00 PM CDT43Good6.846.9
Tue, 10:00 PM CDT41Good8.544.2
Tue, 11:00 PM CDT49Good10.341.1
Wed, 12:00 AM CDT47Good8.237.6
Wed, 1:00 AM CDT49Good9.334.3

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 analysts have not drawn smoke over Redwater in satellite imagery today.

NOAA’s model forecasts near-surface smoke peaking at 0.8 µg/m³ around Sat, 10:00 PM CDT.

Smoke on the radar over Redwater

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.