Today's Texas Air Quality Forecast

Warm to hot temperatures, light winds, sufficient afternoon sunshine, and/or elevated incoming background levels could be enough for ozone to reach the upper end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the El Paso area; the middle of the "Moderate" range in parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth area; the lower end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the Amarillo and Midland-Odessa areas; and should stay in the "Good" range for the majority of the Austin, Big Bend, Lubbock, and San Antonio areas.

A very light plume of Saharan dust will expand over deep South Texas, along the coastal bend of Texas, and portions of South Central Texas, Southeast Texas, and the southern Rio Grande Valley. Meanwhile, light daytime winds and/or elevated relative humidity levels over most of the state with the exception of far West Texas are expected to slightly elevate fine particulate PM2.5 levels, especially over the more urban areas. Overall, the daily PM2.5 AQI is forecast to reach the lower end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the Austin, Beaumont-Port Arthur, Brownsville-McAllen, Corpus Christi, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Laredo, Midland-Odessa, San Antonio, Tyler-Longview, and Victoria areas and stay mostly in the "Good" range for the majority of the Amarillo, Big Bend, Bryan-College Station, Lubbock, and Waco-Killeen areas.

Light density residual smoke from the Trout Fire, north of Silver City in Southwestern New Mexico, is forecast to expand and filter over portions of far West Texas. Combined with some light lingering suspended dust, generated the previous day from a haboob, along with slightly elevated urban fine particulate background levels associated from light daytime winds, is forecast to raise the daily PM2.5/PM10 AQIs to the middle of the "Moderate" range in parts of the El Paso area.

Warm to hot temperatures, light winds, sufficient afternoon sunshine, and/or elevated incoming background levels could be enough for ozone to reach the middle to upper end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the El Paso area; the lower end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the Amarillo area; and should stay in the "Good" range for the majority of the Big Bend, Dallas-Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Midland-Odessa areas.

The very light plume of Saharan dust is expected to continue filtering over deep South Texas and along the coastal bend of Texas, expanding over portions of South Central Texas, Southeast Texas, and the southern Rio Grande Valley. Meanwhile, light morning winds and/or elevated relative humidity levels over the majority of the state with the exception of far West Texas are expected to continue to slightly elevate fine particulate PM2.5 levels, especially over the more urban areas. The overall daily PM2.5 AQI is forecast to reach the lower end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the Austin, Beaumont-Port Arthur, Big Bend, Brownsville-McAllen, Bryan-College Station, Corpus Christi, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Laredo, Lubbock, Midland-Odessa, San Antonio, Tyler-Longview, Victoria, and Waco-Killeen areas and stay mostly in the "Good" range for the majority of the Amarillo area.

Westerly winds are forecast to continue to transport light density residual smoke from the Trout Fire in Southwestern New Mexico over portions of far West Texas and potentially over small portions of the Permian Basin. Combined with potential light suspended dust, generated by gusty winds at times, the daily PM2.5 AQI is forecast to reach the middle of the "Moderate" range in parts of the El Paso area and the lower end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the Midland-Odessa area. The daily PM10 AQI could reach the middle to upper end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the El Paso area as well.

Warm to hot temperatures, light winds, sufficient afternoon sunshine, and/or elevated incoming background levels could be enough for ozone to reach the middle to upper end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the El Paso area; the lower end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the Amarillo and Midland-Odessa areas; and should stay in the "Good" range for the majority of the Big Bend, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Lubbock areas.

Model guidance suggests the very light plume of Saharan dust may continue to linger in light quantities over deep South Texas, along the coastal bend of Texas, and portions of South Central Texas, Southeast Texas, Northeast Texas, and the southern Rio Grande Valley. Meanwhile, light morning winds and/or elevated relative humidity levels over the majority of the state with the exception of far West Texas are expected to continue to slightly elevate fine particulate PM2.5 levels, especially over the more urban areas. The overall daily PM2.5 AQI is forecast to reach the lower end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the Austin, Beaumont-Port Arthur, Brownsville-McAllen, Bryan-College Station, Corpus Christi, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Laredo, Lubbock, Midland-Odessa, San Antonio, Tyler-Longview, Victoria, and Waco-Killeen areas and stay mostly in the "Good" range for the majority of the Amarillo and Big Bend areas.

Depending on the burning activity from the Trout Fire in Southwestern New Mexico, light density residual smoke may continue to filter and linger over portions of far West Texas. Combined with potentially slightly elevated urban fine particulate background levels, associated with light daytime winds, the daily PM2.5/PM10 AQIs are forecast to reach the lower end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the El Paso area.

Warm to hot temperatures, light winds, sufficient afternoon sunshine, and/or elevated incoming background levels could be enough for ozone to reach the middle of the "Moderate" range in parts of the El Paso area; the lower end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the Amarillo, Dallas-Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Midland-Odessa areas; and should stay in the "Good" range for the majority of the Big Bend area.

Depending on the density and coverage of the plume of Saharan dust, light amounts may continue to filter and linger over deep South Texas, along the coastal bend of Texas, and portions of South Central Texas, Southeast Texas, Northeast Texas, and the southern Rio Grande Valley. Meanwhile, light morning winds and/or elevated relative humidity levels over the majority of the state with the exception of far West Texas are expected to continue to slightly elevate fine particulate PM2.5 levels, especially over the more urban areas. The overall daily PM2.5 AQI may reach the lower end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the Austin, Beaumont-Port Arthur, Big Bend, Brownsville-McAllen, Bryan-College Station, Corpus Christi, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Laredo, Midland-Odessa, San Antonio, Tyler-Longview, Victoria, and Waco-Killeen areas and stay mostly in the "Good" range for the majority of the Amarillo and Lubbock areas.

Slightly elevated urban fine particulate levels associated with light morning winds and lower morning vertical mixing heights could be enough to raise the daily PM2.5 and PM10 AQIs to the lower end of the "Moderate" range in parts of the El Paso area.