The climate in metro Denver on Tuesday shall be heat and dry below principally sunny skies and no rain will fall, in line with the Nationwide Climate Service.
These situations favor the buildup of air air pollution and, for the second day in a row, state well being officers issued an air high quality alert, warning that the concentrations of ground-level ozone probably will attain ranges unhealthy for youngsters, the aged, and folks with respiration issues.
The excessive temperature in Denver on Tuesday shall be 89 levels, barely above the seasonal norm, reducing to 87 levels on Wednesday, climate service forecasters stated. At night time, the temperatures will lower to round 57 levels. Mild wind probably will blow throughout town at speeds as much as 11 miles per hour, with a number of gusts at speeds as much as 18 mph, forecasters stated.
On Wednesday, scattered afternoon thunderstorms could roll down from mountain foothills throughout Denver. Authorities meteorologists estimated the probability of precipitation at 40% on Wednesday.
Solely the residents of Colorado’s far northeastern nook face attainable thunderstorms on Tuesday.
Dry and heat on Tuesday, then cooler Wednesday and Thursday with an opportunity of thunderstorms. #cowx pic.twitter.com/p1x4adBOQA
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) June 20, 2023
The Colorado Division of Public Well being and Atmosphere air high quality alert covers Douglas, Jefferson, Denver, Arapahoe, Adams, Broomfield, Boulder, Larimer, and Weld counties, efficient by 4 p.m. The comparatively heat and dry climate will result in ozone at unhealthy ranges, principally throughout the afternoon in areas close to the mountain foothills from Golden northward to Boulder, well being officers stated.
This “ozone motion day” alert features a request that residents scale back driving of non-electric automobiles and different actions that require the combustion of gasoline and diesel. Extra air air pollution within the area might worsen air high quality, officers stated, advising the aged, individuals with respiratory illnesses and youngsters to restrict outside exercise.