Enough Fresh Air For Now! More Pollution Coming this Way, Dec 12-14

Margaux Schreurs | Dec 11, 2015 5:20 pm | Add a comment | 2974 reads

We've only just about regrouped from the last bout of pollution, but more bad air is apparently on it's way. Sorry to break your spirit, folks.

AirVisual predicts that the much-hated AQI will start rising towards the end of today, with hazardous levels being reached around 8am on Saturday. Boohoo. Anyway, here are some more detailed predictions that we screenshotted from their website. Read at your own risk.

It remains to be seen whether another red warning like the one implemented Tuesday through to Thursday will go into effect. Beijing drivers might not agree, but we certainly hope so as regardless of the fact that the effects on pollution remain uncertain, traffic has been pretty sweet.

This graph, from Aqcast, predicts relief by approximately Monday (Dec 14) through to Thursday (Dec 17), when levels will spike again but not as high as is predicted for the weekend.