Audience guide · families
Air quality for families: a careful guide to forecasts, routines, and alerts
A family can use air-quality information to compare broad times and organize routines. AirAgora does not assess a child, issue school instructions, or replace a clinician or public authority.
Source → method → decision
Translate the scale without turning it into a diagnosis
AQI categories are public communication tools, and European and U.S. systems use different breakpoints and words. AirAgora’s live result instead keeps the OpenWeather 1–5 provider label visible and never presents it as a local regulatory AQI.
A category can support a conversation about timing. It cannot determine an individual child’s symptoms, treatment, or fitness for an activity. The WHO guideline context is why AirAgora avoids universal “safe” language.
Use complete periods for real routines
School travel, playground time, a walk, or a family outing lasts longer than one data point. AirAgora evaluates complete two-hour windows and keeps a worst-hour component visible. Missing data do not become reassurance.
The selected period is relative to the available forecast. If every period is elevated, it is labeled least polluted available rather than good. If conditions are similar, the product avoids a false precise winner.
The city model cannot see a child’s exact environment
The modeled OpenWeather forecast is a broad grid. A school entrance, bus, home interior, playground, roadside, valley, or moving smoke plume can differ. AirAgora does not claim a classroom or school-gate measurement.
A nearby official monitor or warning may be more relevant during a local event. Families should use school, public-health, emergency, and professional instructions where appropriate.
Privacy boundaries for family use
The public planner needs a city and general activity choice, not a child’s name, school, date of birth, medical information, or exact daily routine. Browser location is click-only. Public analytics and share payloads omit exact coordinates.
Verified accounts can use generic profile labels and saved locations. Notification logs avoid private profile labels and precise latitude. Marketing consent remains separate and unchecked, and settings include export and account deletion.
Alerts can reduce checking, but they have limits
Free accounts can save a basic morning or category alert within limits. Premium supports more locations, threshold directions, quiet hours, and longer planning. Entitlements are enforced by the server rather than only hidden in the interface.
Email and provider failures are recorded as failures, not fake sends. Crossing state, recovery, cooldown, and idempotency reduce duplicate messages. An alert still cannot guarantee delivery or replace official severe-event channels.
- Keep the named AQI with the category.
- Do not enter a child’s medical details.
- Check the full routine period and source timestamp.
- Treat the city grid as broad modeled context.
- Follow school and authority instructions in urgent conditions.
Direct answers
Frequently asked questions
Can AirAgora tell whether outdoor play is safe for my child?
No. It compares modeled city periods and provides cautious public context, not child-specific medical advice or a guarantee.
Does AirAgora need a child’s name or school?
No. The public planner asks for a city and general activity context only.
Why can a school location differ from the city result?
The model grid is broad, while traffic, terrain, buildings, indoor conditions, and plumes can vary locally.
What if every available period is poor?
AirAgora can label the least polluted complete window but clearly states that the broader period remains elevated.
Are severe-condition warnings Premium-only?
No. Public caution and official-guidance direction remain available to everyone.
Can alert delivery fail?
Yes. Provider and email systems can fail, so AirAgora logs failure honestly and does not claim alerts replace official channels.
Evidence register
Sources and further reading
The links below identify the primary references used on this page. Selection, summary, and presentation are AirAgora modifications.
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AirAgora provides informational planning guidance, not medical advice. Local conditions can differ from modeled forecasts; follow official guidance during severe events.