For the time being, Colorado is avoiding the worst of the smoke impacts coming from large wildfires in Canada. The below satellite image from Saturday afternoon shows a large whirl of smoke across the central U.S. moving to the southeast. This has kept the heavy smoke out of Colorado for the most part, with just slightly elevated fine particulate (PM2.5) levels across the northeastern corner of the state. Some light amounts of smoke could linger overnight and possibly be pulled into the northern Front Range region by Sunday morning. So it's not out of the question that there could be a hazy sky overhead on Sunday for Denver, Boulder, Ft. Collins and Greeley. However, major health impacts from smoke appear unlikely at this point.
Visible satellite image showing smoke over South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and other states to the east.
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