What Are State Air Quality Forecasters Saying?
“The NOAA forecast model is one of several important tools that we evaluate daily prior to making and issuing our air quality forecasts for Virginia during the ozone season. We have found it to be quite valuable when used in concert with our other forecast methods. It provides model forecasts for ozone concentrations at specific locations based upon a meteorological model and air chemistry conditions. Prior to the availability of the NOAA forecast model, our forecasts were based solely on statistical relationships between various meteorological parameters and current air quality conditions. The NOAA forecast model has provided us with another method to produce our forecasts. We look forward to the NOAA forecast model inclusion of particulate concentration forecasts in the future which will provide an additional tool for our air quality forecasts.” — Dan Salkovitz, meteorologist Virginia Department of Environmental Quality “The NOAA ozone model provides us with an additional tool that e
