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Air Quality Forecast

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Ozone AQI Rating Fine Particles AQI Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity 90 Moderate West Greenwich & Vicinity 60 Moderate
Providence & Vicinity 75 Moderate Providence & Vicinity 70 Moderate
Southern & Coastal 105 UNHEALTHY Southern & Coastal 60 Moderate
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Ozone AQI Rating Fine Particles AQI Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity 44 Good West Greenwich & Vicinity 52 Moderate
Providence & Vicinity 43 Good Providence & Vicinity 60 Moderate
Southern & Coastal 44 Good Southern & Coastal 54 Moderate
Friday, August 1, 2025
Ozone AQI Rating Fine Particles AQI Rating
West Greenwich & Vicinity 40 Good West Greenwich & Vicinity 40 Good
Providence & Vicinity 39 Good Providence & Vicinity 48 Good
Southern & Coastal 42 Good Southern & Coastal 38 Good

Forecast Discussion

Monday, July 28, 2025 | Updated 10:15 AM

An Air Quality Alert is again being issued, this time for Wednesday July 30th for UNHEALTHY ozone for Washington and Newport County. MODERATE elsewhere. Mostly sunny until late day, with SW winds, and hot temperatures in the 90s. Fine particles continue to be elevated to MODERATE. A big shift occurs Thursday as NE winds develop, high temps stay in the 70s, with clouds and showers. Fine particles look to remain MODERATE with some smoke still around, but ozone drops back to GOOD. GOOD ozone expected on Friday, continued cool, with highs only in the low 70s, with clouds and steady NE winds.  Some lingering fire smoke still possible, forecasting upper GOOD for now. 

Air Quality Index (AQI)

Rating Index Cautionary Statements
Good 0-50 Air quality is considered satisfactory and air pollution poses little or no risk.
Moderate 51-100 Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups 101-150 Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.
Unhealthy 151-200 Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.
Very Unhealthy 201-300 Health Alert: Everyone may experience more serious health effects.
Hazardous 301 and higher Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.

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Additional Resources

For further information, contact:

Darren Austin at (401) 537-4404
Joseph Poccia at (401) 537-4385