Burn day smoke tools
1. Are today's smoke conditions OK for burning?
- 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, various concentrations of fine particulate pollution (PM2.5).
Instrument monitoring
- Instruments available to government employees.
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- DustTrak data analysis spreadsheet. Instructions start with how to download the data.
- eSampler users guide.