Ash falling in Aurora

[SideShow Bob]

Is there a house or brush fire in the Metro area ?
There is visible ash particles falling in Aurora, in the Tower & Iliff area. Anybody else noticing it ?
im not talking the micro dust ash that we have been getting for the last month and a half or so from the forest fires in the state, this is bigger darker particles that you can see individual dark particles accumulating on lighter vehicles and surfaces.

[Sawin]

It’s from the Cameron peak fire west of Fort Collins. I just went up there this afternoon... it’s wild.

[Sawin]

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This was taken at 3:30 this afternoon... not from the sunset

[Hummer]

I visited the distillery in Palisade and found ash from the Pine Gulch fire on the plants there. Interesting article in the Daily Sentinel today about smoke taint affecting the wine grapes and possibly damaging the Grand Valley wines.

[bczandm]

We have the ash here near Kipling and Bowles, lots of it.

[fitterjohn]

Up here in Fort Collins it’s been super ashy and Smokey.

[Batteriesnare]

Falling in Monument as well.

[Mtneer]

Interesting article in the Daily Sentinel today about smoke taint affecting the wine grapes and possibly damaging the Grand Valley wines.

Opportunity for new creative blends...this cabernet has the earthy flavor of a well-aged Bourdeaux combined with a hint of Lagavulin.

[Wulf202]

A bit hazy in Greeley today could see the wall of ash cloud start around 10 miles south

[theGinsue]

The Mrs & I went up to Estes Park today. We forgot that you have to make reservations now to get into RMNP so we decided to to drive around aimlessly. We drove up through Drake (I'd never hear of Drake before today) to about 1/2 way between Drake and Loveland. Estes Park had heavy smoke, but it certainly got worse the closer we got to Drake. We turned around and 1/2 way back towards Estes from Drake we pulled off and had a picnic lunch. You'd have thought it was snowing with all of the ash coming down. The orange glow in the sly back in Estes was something to see, but not quite as severe as what Sawin posted.

Heading back out of Estes we stopped in Pinewood Springs. I've seen the signs for the Cherry Pies there for years and have never stopped. Today I decided I had to try one (I got a Cherry Pie Pocket, aka hand pie and it was very good). We looked up into the sky from where we were parked and you could look straight at the sun and in was bold RED due to the smoke. Unique experience.

We made it home at about 6:30 and noticed that there is a strong smell of smoke here too.

[Robb]

Lots of ash falling in Thornton

[Mazin]

Yup spittin good size ash off hofax.........I will leave it at that.

[ray1970]

Lots of ash falling in Thornton

Yep. Almost looked like light snow at my place tia evening.

[Gman]

We were getting ash flurries. Quite a bit of smoke in the air as well.

[jeff59]

It was better this early this morning in Westminster but is getting hazy again.

[beast556]

The ash has been heavy up this way, the smoke has been very very thick also. Hopefully this rain/snow storm will put it out.

[Aloha_Shooter]

We made it home at about 6:30 and noticed that there is a strong smell of smoke here too.

The smoke smell was omnipresent all afternoon and evening. I briefly thought that no one would be able to tell from the smell if I fired up the charcoal grill (but I didn't).

[buffalobo]

Sky from my back deck west and northwest. Cameron peak is 150 miles northwest of us.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200907/045f26dc4f121f555e75ea5be8b1c6e3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200907/7307066095679fe05e3987eb37459b3f.jpg

[10x]

Smoke is very heavy right now. The cold front is due at 10:00 pm with lots of wind. Maybe that will get rud of the smoke. My eyes are watering and i am sneezing a lot.

[BushMasterBoy]

The mountains are mostly obscured this last two weeks in Pueblo West. The smoke is terrible as a trigger to my cluster headaches. The cough I got from the COVID-19 is worsening. Is the .gov ability to put these fires out adequate? Do we need a satellite dedicated to detecting these fires? This should be a major issue in this election. Not the bullshit I keep seeing...


Satellite Data:
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:2020-09-06..2020-09-07;l:countries;@-104.8,40.2,8z

[Gman]

Sky from my back deck west and northwest. Cameron peak is 150 miles northwest of us.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200907/045f26dc4f121f555e75ea5be8b1c6e3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200907/7307066095679fe05e3987eb37459b3f.jpg
Your visibility looks better than what we have right now. Was just out in the truck and it seems less than a mile.

[hollohas]

This is around I-25 and Prospect just a bit ago.

I think the pressure change from the incoming storm has the smoke sitting extra low. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200907/3ac099a8b064594e6b1b9e7742272e54.jpg

[buffalobo]

Getting ash clear the hell out here.

[brutal]

Sidebar question.

Is ash hazardous to vehicle paint/clearcoat? Brand new truck and I'd hate to F up the paint so soon.

[Ripper]

Ash falling in strasburg as we speak

[BushMasterBoy]

Sidebar question.

Is ash hazardous to vehicle paint/clearcoat? Brand new truck and I'd hate to F up the paint so soon.

I would just spray it off with a hose if you can. It might be a real problem if it sits for months and stains a light colored vehicle. The ash will contain some tars. It might require a hand wash & wax to preserve the paint.

[GilpinGuy]

Dark in FoCo at 1pm. Weird seeing all the business signs lit up, cars with headlights on. Hood of my auto covered in ash within an hour. Gave up on painting the house. Chunks of ash pretty much covering wet paint. Gonna be some dirty as hell snow falling on this state tonight.

My brother lives in Loveland and reported the same thing. Driving with headlight on in the afternoon, using wipers to clear ash from the windshield, etc. Damn.

It will be interesting to see the snow up there tomorrow.

[ray1970]

It was nice in Elizabeth in the early morning and not too bad in Highlands Ranch around mid day. A little hazy/smokey in Thornton late afternoon but no ash like yesterday. At least my truck should get a free mother nature car wash starting late tonight.

[brutal]

I would just spray it off with a hose if you can. It might be a real problem if it sits for months and stains a light colored vehicle. The ash will contain some tars. It might require a hand wash & wax to preserve the paint.

Thanks. Truck is pretty well protected with a few coats of DIY ceramic spray "wax" but I should try to wash it more often I guess. Just sucks having to use a stool to get to the hood of this monster.

[BushMasterBoy]

My truck had a strange coating last week. I finally figured out it was a coating of soot. I washed it off and then found out the paint is peeling due to a GM manufacturing defect.