Keep our Air Clean this Winter!
What's up, Forsyth?? Brrr...it's finally starting to feel like winter! It's the time of year for drinking hot cocoa, cozying up on the couch with a good book, and warming up the car in the morning before driving off to work...well, hopefully not the last one! " Hot chocolate on a cold day! " by blmcalifornia is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0 . While ground-level ozone isn't typically much of a concern during colder months in North Carolina, we still face other air quality challenges. In fact, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is usually higher, partly because c old weather can trap pollution at the surface through temperature inversions . Shorter daylight hours in the winter also allows for longer durations of nocturnal temperatures inversions on clear nights with light winds. If there is snow on the ground, this phenomenon may be amplified! Additionally, air is typically drier in the winter because cold air holds less moisture. With less rainfal