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Scotland air pollution forecast

Latest forecast summary

Moderate air pollution is possible for central and southern Scotland again on Saturday morning. Weather from Atlantic affecting the country in the afternoon should disperse the pollution and return levels back to low for most areas. Low air pollution expected for all areas into next week

This information was last updated: 4pm on 9th April 2020

Today

Low air pollution forecast for the majority of Scotland, possibility of elevated Moderate ozone levels in the Scottish borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Shetland islands and Orkney islands.

Tomorrow

Moderate air pollution is possible for central and southern Scotland on Friday as still calm weather conditions and air from the south affects the country creating poor pollution dispersion conditions.

Outlook

Moderate air pollution is possible for central and southern Scotland again on Saturday morning. Weather from Atlantic affecting the country in the afternoon should disperse the pollution and return levels back to low for most areas. Low air pollution expected for all areas into next week

5-day air pollution forecast map

The map shows the air pollution forecast for each local authority in Scotland.

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Sunday (12th April 2020)

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Index (1-10)

1 2 3 Low

4 5 6 Moderate

7 8 9 High

10 Very high

Air pollution maps are based on UK data provided by the Met Office, for further details please see the Defra UK-AIR website. Detailed analysis, interpretation and commentary Specific for Scotland forecast is provided by the Ricardo Energy and Environment Air Quality Forecasting team (aqforecasters@ricardo-aea.com).

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