Issued on: May 21, 2026
Thick cloud cover and scattered rain showers will limit ozone production for the next several days, but areas of mist and fog between the showers may increase fine particulate matter to the lower part of the moderate category.  Smoke from lingering fires in the Panhandle of Texas and southwestern Kansas also may produce locally unhealthy smoke.  Temperatures will increase as southerly winds develop during the weekend and bring an occasional incursion of Mesoamerican smoke.  Nevertheless, scattered rain showers will persist through and beyond next week and maintain mostly good air quality.