The State Climate Office and the North Carolina Division of Air Quality (NCDAQ) have partnered to build a new monitoring tool for those times when there’s something in the air, whether that’s a simmering summer afternoon, a gray and hazy evening, or even the hours after a holiday celebration. (Don’t worry, we’ll explain that one!)

The Ambient Information Reporter, or AIR, tool combines a wealth of statewide weather observations from the ECONet and National Weather Service with air quality monitors and forecasts from the NCDAQ, and it’s all packed within an innovative map-centered interface.

The result is a tool that’s powerful enough to help forecasters track evolving air quality hazards, but accessible enough to let you quickly check conditions before you step out the door into the unknown air beyond.

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