Denver weather: Smoky, hazy skies will linger in the metro area through the weekend

The Denver country and Front Range volition person smoky and hazy skies, with mediocre aerial quality, connected Saturday and Sunday arsenic fume from the West Coast wildfires watercourse into Colorado.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued an “Action Day for Multiple Pollutants” for the metro country including Denver, Douglas, Jefferson, Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer, Weld and occidental Adams and Arapahoe counties. The alert runs until 4 p.m. Saturday.

The "smoke front" is sweeping northwest to southeast crossed Colorado. Be prepared for dense fume impacts this play arsenic advisories are successful effect statewide. Take it dilatory and enactment indoors during periods of dense smoke. #cofire https://t.co/y67j4L0K8R https://t.co/HFYwCmPxxI pic.twitter.com/BBgMsW6M3u

— CDPHE Air Pollution (@cdpheapcd) August 7, 2021

Smoky skies are expected successful Denver connected Saturday with a precocious somesthesia of 87 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Winds could gust to 18 mph. The overnight debased temp volition driblet to astir 61 degrees.

Only an isolated ablution oregon tempest is imaginable this day implicit the Front Range mountains and northeast country of the state, according to the upwind service. Fire dangers volition beryllium elevated by northwest winds and debased humidity.

On Sunday successful Denver smoky skies volition linger arsenic the precocious temp climbs to astir 95 degrees, the upwind work said.

Hot, dry, and smoky conditions are expected for astir of the coming week successful northeastern Colorado, raising concerns astir occurrence dangers. There volition beryllium an summation successful moisture, however, by the extremity of the week with a accidental of day thunderstorms returning to the forecast.

Meanwhile, radical are urged to debar prolonged outdoor activities, support windows closed if imaginable and to cheque connected those who person respiratory issues due to the fact that of the ongoing smoky skies and mediocre aerial quality.

Fine particulate concentrations could emergence into the “Unhealthy” class arsenic fume from California
wildfires plume into the Front Range, according to the CDPHE. People with bosom oregon lung disease, older adults, and children should debar prolonged oregon dense exertion. Everyone other should trim prolonged oregon dense activities.