Scotland air pollution forecast
Latest forecast summary
Moderate levels of air pollution are expected to continue on Monday as settled weather continues. Low levels of air pollution are expected to return by the middle of the week.This information was last updated: 12pm on 23rd August 2019
Today
Isolated areas of Moderate pollution are possible as warmer settled weather is expected, Low elsewhere.Tomorrow
Moderate air pollution is expected to become more widespreadOutlook
Moderate levels of air pollution are expected to continue on Monday as settled weather continues. Low levels of air pollution are expected to return by the middle of the week.5-day air pollution forecast map
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Tuesday (27th August 2019)
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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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