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Colorado Weather: Smoke smell wakes up Denver metro area

Smoke blows into Denver metro area from Lake George prescribed burn
Smoke blows into Denver metro area from Lake George prescribed burn 02:09

Residents across the Denver metro area were greeted to the smell of smoke Wednesday morning.

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The smell was from a prescribed burn in the Lake George area of Park County. Overnight Tuesday into Wednesday wind flow switched from northwest to south-southwest. 

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This pushed smoke down the South Platte River Valley right into the Denver metro area. 

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As the day heats up the smoke will dissipate. But, there may be thin haze from fires burning hundreds of miles away in Idaho pushing in Wednesday afternoon and evening.

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