Denver weather: Hazy skies, diminished threat of flooding Sunday

The Front Range volition spot hazy skies Sunday arsenic fume from wildfires settles implicit the region.

After a bedewed Saturday that brought a heightened menace of flash flooding, astir of the rainy upwind moved west, limiting the menace of flash flooding Sunday, said Zach Hiris, meteorologist astatine the National Weather Service successful Boulder.

Flooding Saturday triggered mudslides that closed immoderate highways successful the mountains, but did not bash immoderate large harm to structures.

“The main interest is going to beryllium fume today,” Hiris said.  “A batch of radical are already seeing the hazy skies outside.”

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued an aerial prime alert for the Denver portion and astir of the Front Range Sunday, informing that aerial contamination would beryllium unhealthy for children, older adults and radical with respiratory conditions similar asthma. People successful those groups should bounds their extracurricular activity.

The aerial prime alert volition past until 4 p.m. Sunday.

Otherwise, Denver volition spot highs of astir 80 degrees, and should expect to spot fume passim the day.