Air Quality Health Advisory issued for parts of western Colorado

 Hazy skies and elevated particle pollution are greeting folks on the West Slope Monday morning.  An Air Quality Health Advisory for Wildfire Smoke has been issued for Mesa, Delta, and Montrose Counties.  With that in mind, we ask residents in these counties (particularly in valley locations, including Grand Junction, Delta, and Montrose) to take it slow this morning.  The good news is that as the atmosphere heats up this afternoon, we are anticipating surface smoke concentrations to decrease which will result in an improvement in air quality.

A hazy sunrise over Grand Junction.  Image courtesy of the Federal Aviation Administration