Sunny and clear forecast makes for good driving weather to end Labor Day holiday weekend

With a sunny and comparatively wide forecast for Labor Day crossed Colorado, thousands of motorists shuttling location from the vacation play should spot comparatively fewer problems prevention for postulation congestion.

More importantly, the slowdowns expected on Interstate 70 done lane-limited Glenwood Canyon shouldn’t spot immoderate upwind concerns similar those that caused a shutdown Friday nighttime erstwhile flash flood warnings closed the roadway.

When that happens, postulation is usually diverted northward done a snaking alternate way done Meeker, Craig, and Steamboat Springs earlier heading southward toward Silverthorne.

The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies for Denver connected Monday with a precocious of 94 and winds gusting to 15 miles per hour. The forecast for Glenwood Springs was for wide hazy conditions successful the day and a precocious of 87.

There are nary calls for showers.

Despite the forecast, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s aerial contamination power part issued an ozone enactment alert lasting until 4 p.m. Monday. That means ozone concentrations are unhealthy for definite delicate groups of people.

The Colorado Department of Transportation expected dense postulation on I-70’s eastbound lanes passim the day with delays of up to 45 minutes. Westbound travelers are apt to spot accrued postulation owed to daytrippers, CDOT said.

The heaviest question time for the Labor Day play astatine the Eisenhower Tunnel is typically Monday, with eastbound lanes past twelvemonth handling much than 33,000 vehicles, much than treble the load the Friday before.