Burn day smoke tools

• Air quality alerts.
• Guide to weather forecasts for smoke permits.
• National Weather Service tabular forecast.
  • From the dropdown menu choose 'Hourly FireWx Table.'
  • The page's map shows only the Front Range but the site works statewide.

2.  Do the paperwork.

• Download forms.
• Notify county smoke contacts.

3.  Monitor the smoke.

Visual monitoring

• Smoke monitoring form with tips.
• Guide to estimating particulate concentrations. This is for well-mixed smoke, which usually starts several miles downwind.
• Reference photos, smoke at various ventilation adjectives.
• Reference photos, various concentrations of fine particulate pollution (PM2.5).

• Instruments available to government employees.
• DustTrak users guide.
  • DustTrak data analysis spreadsheet. Instructions start with how to download the data.
• eSampler users guide.