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Haze and smoke returns to Denver Air quality alert in effect for the Front Range Meteorologist Stacey Donaldson has your forecast for 7/25 - temperatures warming up and last updated 2021-07-25 19:32:30-04 DENVER- Afternoon highs were in the 90s for metro Denver this Sunday afternoon. We have thunderstorms in the mountains as well, however, most of the intense, heavy rainfall will be farther south- into Arizona and New Mexico. We have Flash Flood Watches in effect from Aspen to Vail for our cent...

If youve looked outside in the last day or so and noticed a sort of heavy haze in the air that looks like a faint waft of smoke, it isnt your imagination. I saw a post on Social Media from the Evansville - Vanderburgh County Emergency Management Agency that included an image of a map of the United States littered with little dots and clipart images of fire. The caption read, If you are looking for more information about the current air quality in the Evansville Area or curious about where the s...

Idaho Fires Deliver The Smoke to Bitterroot Wednesday night, the 3,500-acre Storm Creek Fire sent an extra helping of smoke into the Victor area of the Bitterroot Valley. Residents thought there was a fire close by. The Ravalli County Sheriffs Office checked with forest officials and reported the smoke was from the Storm Creek Fire, the largest fire in the Powell Ranger District in the Selway-Bitterroot. The Storm Creek Fire is about 4 miles west of the Montana-Idaho border (see map above) and ...

Canadian wildfires lead to air quality alert in Minnesota Jared Dean © Jared Dean A Canadian wildfire is causing much of Minnesota to experience hazy conditions. NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an air quality alert for northern, central, and southeast Minnesota due to Canadian wildfires. The air quality is being affected by wildfire smoke coming from the northern part of the state and southern Canada. Smoke moved into central and...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued a code orange air quality alert for much of the Tri-Cities Tuesday afternoon, which will be in effect through midnight on Wednesday. Carter, Hawkins, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington counties in Tennessee and Scott and Washington counties in Virginia are affected. According to a Facebook post from the department, wildfire smoke from the western U.S. is leading to elevated PM2.5, or particles less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, ac...

Your Fort Collins Area Weekend Forecast, Smoke Included Brace yourself for a pretty warm weekend in the Fort Collins area, and with that, likely some haze. According to the National Weather Service, after dipping into the 80s on Thursday, high temps will hike again starting Friday, starting a continuous streak of over-90-degree days through at least next Wednesday. Get our free mobile app Friday, the high is expected to reach 93 degrees in Fort Collins, with a slight chance of afternoon thunde...

The Lolo Creek Fire that was reported late Saturday afternoon has resulted in an Evacuation Warning from Lolo Hot Springs to the Idaho Border along Highway 12. Fire Information Officer Kate Jerman provided details to KGVO on Sunday afternoon messaging the residents in the area. “Were asking them to remain vigilant and prepared,” said Jerman. The Missoula County Sheriffs Office did issue an evacuation warning, so were asking them to tune in to the Missoula County Sheriffs Office Facebook pag...

Smoke Lowers Bitterroot Air Quality Saturday afternoon, July 10, wildfire smoke brought the air quality in Hamilton down to "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups," and it was on the edge of the next stage - "Unhealthy." Fire danger on the Bitterroot National Forest is "Very High." Much of the smoke is coming from fires west of the Bitterroot Valley in Idaho, including the 12,830-acre Dixie-Jumbo fires. The two wildfires, started by lightning, were at 400 acres Monday and have been growing in all dire...

Widespread wildfire smoke smudged the sky in parts of western and central Montana Thursday morning. A Missoula air quality specialist says it marks the unofficial beginning of what is likely to be a long wildfire smoke season.  Smoke from wildfires burning in Idaho and Washington drifted into Montana Wednesday night. Missoula City-County Air Quality Specialist Sarah Coefield says this is one of the earliest starts to smoke season she can remember.  “I was honestly thinking I’d have anothe...

Colorado Can Expect Red Sunrises This Week, Courtesy of Arizona June is off to a blazing start in Colorado, but the smoky skies arent from our state. While there have been a couple of smaller wildfires so far this summer, Colorados fire season hasnt ramped up (yet). The haze were seeing along the Front Range is actually blowing up from Arizona, which has at least two major wildfires (Telegraph and Mescal) burning.  Get our free mobile app According to the National Weather Service, Arizonas s...