🌱 Arctic Blast Headed Our Way + Cloud Seeding 101 + CO Air Quality

Good morning, hello. It's me, Brad K. Evans, your host of the Lakewood Daily — here to tell you everything you need to know about what's happening in town. Including updates on...

• Arctic blast hitting the region this Thursday.
• Colorado struggling to keep up with air pollution permits.
• Erroneous emergency warning sent out by Lakewood Police on Sunday.

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Monday's weather: Times of clouds and sun. High: 48 Low: 22.

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Here are the top stories today in Lakewood:

1. Erroneous emergency warning sent out by Lakewood Police. A wider than expected audience received alerts from Jefferson County's emergency alert system on Sunday morning when Lakewood Police were arresting a suspect. (Gazette)
2. Arctic blast coming this Thursday with below zero temps and a chance of snow. Cold temperatures are headed for the region this week. By Thursday, they're expected to fall below zero, for both the low and the high that day. (FOX31)
3. Western states using cloud seeding in hopes of refilling reservoirs. Cloud seeding typically involves loading up a plane with silver iodide flares. When the plane reaches an altitude where temperatures are ideal, the pilot shoots the flares into the cloud, which releases the silver iodide. This causes individual water droplets within the clouds to freeze together, forming snowflakes that eventually become so heavy that they fall. (CNBC)
4. Colorado struggles to keep up with air pollution permits. The state's Air Pollution Control Division continues to fall further behind in when it comes to issuing permits that limit the pollutants companies can put into state air. This, despite additional dollars pumped into the agency from state legislators in 2022. (CO Sun)

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Today in Lakewood:

• Toddler Time: Lakewood Library. (10:15 a.m.)
• Kids Writing Group: Belmar Library. (6:30 p.m.)

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