DENVER — Keep the windows closed tonight as thick smoke moves across much of Colorado. The Denver metro area will see the worst of it late Monday night into Tuesday morning.
Air Quality Health Advisories stretch across much of the state, as we're tracking heavy wildfire smoke and high levels of ozone. If you have respiratory issues or lung disease, limit your time outdoors the next few days.
Smoke from wildfires out in Utah and new blazes in western Colorado will continue to impact air quality at least through 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Also of note in this dry, windy pattern is the fire danger. It will remain elevated to critical this week. Red flag warnings will remain in effect until 9 p.m. Monday for higher-terrain areas along and south of Interstate 70. Warnings go back into effect at 10 a.m. Tuesday and continue until 10 p.m. for those areas.
Energy coming out of the northern Rockies may lead to a few showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday afternoon on the northeastern plains. Some storms could turn severe along the extreme eastern edge of the state. We'll see a very small chance of a gusty storm in the Denver metro Tuesday afternoon, but the rain will be very light.
Highs will rebound into the lower 90s Tuesday before reaching the middle to upper 90s as we approach the upcoming Fourth of July weekend, as our unseasonably dry weather pattern looks to continue.
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