More hazy skies for Friday! The Texas Department of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an Ozone Action Day for the El Paso Area from 6 AM to 9 PM Friday.
Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing high levels of ozone pollution in the El Paso area. You can help prevent ozone Pollution by sharing a ride, walking, riding a bicycle, taking your lunch to work, avoiding drive through lanes, conserving energy and keeping your vehicle properly tuned. For more information on ozone:
www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/monops/ozonefacts.html
The official high today is 99, and the record is 105 set in 1994. One of the reasons we are experiencing an ozone pollution haze is because of a lack of stronger winds and a lack of rainfall. Hopefully, we’ll get both on Saturday.
TONIGHT: The skies will be partly cloudy early in the evening and turn clear overnight. The SE winds will range from 5-10 mph, and the low will drop to 74.
FORECAST: An Air Quality Alert is posted for Friday due to high concentrations of ozone, which is creating the haze. Friday will be partly cloudy with a high of 100. We’ll have a chance to see a few isolated, distant t-storms in the area by late Friday, but El Paso should stay quiet. Saturday will be partly cloudy with scattered late day t-showers. Some storms may become strong and produce brief, heavy rainfall. Saturday’s high: 98. Sunday will be partly cloudy with isolated late day t-storms. Sunday’s high: 101. Monday will be partly cloudy with a few isolated area t-storms and a high of 103. Extreme heat hits the Borderland starting Tuesday as a giant dome of high-pressure forms over the Rockies. Tuesday will be partly cloudy with a high of 105. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with a high of 107.
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