The wildfire smoke led the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Regional Air Quality Council on Monday to issue public health advisories.
A boy crosses a rope bridge in Adventure Forest outside the Children’s Museum of Denver on a smoke-filled afternoon in Denver on July 22, 2024. Wildfire smoke from Canada has traveled into the metro area. Haze blanketed Colorado on Monday as wildfire smoke drifted from Canada, and the gray skies are expected to hover overhead for at least another 24 hours.
The highest concentration as of 3:45 p.m. Monday was in Louisville, where air monitors recorded an air quality index of 537 PM2.5, nearly 16 times higher than the level of particulate matter considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to the agency’sColorado weather: Heatwave’s second day brings record-breaking heat, air quality alerts
The state health department also issued health advisories for Mesa, Moffat, Grand, Jackson and Routt counties. Poor air quality was forecast in Colorado Springs and Pueblo, as well. The Regional Air Quality Council encouraged people to avoid driving and using gas-powered lawn equipment until after 5 p.m. when temperatures start cooling., which is run by the state health department, said the highest concentrations of smoke are at higher elevations in north-central Colorado, including the Park Range and northern parts of the Front Range. Rocky Mountain National Park also is covered by smoke.
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