Smoke conditions in many areas much improved on Sunday morning, 8/4/24

 Although the Alexander Mountain fire, Stone Canyon fire, and Quarry fire are not considered 'out', containment has increased on all of these incidents, and fire activity and smoke production has decreased significantly. Most importantly for public health impacts, only light to moderate concentrations of smoke were observed all day on Saturday, and again on Sunday morning. For these reasons, the Air Quality Health Advisory for Multiple Pollutants has been allowed to expire at 9 am on Sunday morning.

Significant improvement is seen on the fire and smoke map from fire.airnow.gov on Sunday morning, 8/4/24.

Hot and sunny weather is again expected on Sunday, and there is potential for afternoon thunderstorms to move through the fire areas. These conditions create potential for fire activity to increase and elevate concerns for smoke impacts, so we will continue to monitor all fires closely, and will re-issue any air quality alerts if they become necessary. Highly localized areas of smoke remain possible for locations in close proximity to fires, so we encourage everyone to remain aware of changing conditions and take precautions if smoke is encountered in your location, however widespread public heath impacts from smoke are not anticipated at this time along the Front Range.

The Bucktail fire in Montrose County continued to show heat and smoke throughout the day on Saturday, so the Air Quality Health Advisory for Wildfire Smoke will remain in effect for this area until at least 9 am Monday morning.