We’ll have to deal with the smoke for one more day, Colorado!
The smoke is coming into Colorado from wildfires burning across the Pacific Northwest and even Canada. This will impact the air quality dramatically as an Air Quality Alert is in place for multiple pollutants until at least 4 p.m. Thursday for the entire Front Range, including the Denver metro area and Eastern Plains.
Not only will there be high levels of smoke particulates around the metro area, but also high levels of ozone. If you have asthma, COPD or any kind of respiratory problems, stay indoors as much as you can. The air quality is expected to remain unhealthy for everyone while the expected visibility will be extremely poor.
Along with the haze, we’re expecting plenty of heat on Thursday, as it’ll be the hottest day of the week! Temperatures will climb into the lower-90s by lunch, with mid-to-upper 90s by happy hour.
Daytime highs will skyrocket into the upper-90s to near triple digits along the Interstate 25 corridor. The current record high is 99-degrees, last set in 1963. Look for 80s and some low-90s in the mountains Thursday afternoon.
There’s a bit of good news as the wildfire smoke looks to gradually move out late Thursday into Friday.
So far, it looks like afternoon showers and storms make a comeback Friday and will continue through the weekend. Temperatures will dip into the low-90s on Friday and Saturday, but then heat right back up again with more near triple-digit heat early next week.
Smoke gradually moves out, sizzling heat moves into Denver metro Thursday
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