000 WWUS85 KBOU 181558 SPSDEN COZ030>051-182000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO 1000 AM MDT TUE JUN 18 2002 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER BROOMFIELD CLEAR CREEK DENVER DOUGLAS ELBERT GILPIN GRAND JACKSON JEFFERSON LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN MORGAN PARK PHILLIPS SEDGWICK SUMMIT WASHINGTON WELD SYNOPSIS...SMOKE FROM THE HAYMAN FIRE TRAPPED UNDER A STRONG SHALLOW SURFACE INVERSION OVER METRO DENVER THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY DISPERSE BY MIDDAY AND INTO THE AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HEATING DISSIPATES THE INVERSION AND MIXES THE AIR MASS TO GREATER HEIGHTS. THE SMOKE MAY POSE A HEALTH HAZARD TO PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. OTHERWISE...THE AIR MASS OVER THE FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN DRY AND STABLE. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...NOT AS HOT WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS. GARD...WFO BOULDER