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Beyond a Number: Making and Verifying an Air Quality Forecast
This post originally appeared on the State Climate Office’s Climate Blog in October 2018 as a guest post written by NC DAQ forecasters. Previously, we discussed the significant improvements...![Chart showing statewide exceedance days measured against the EPA’s most recent ozone standard.](https://airquality.climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/NC_ozone_exceedances-1024x539-1-360x216.png)