As of this writing, there is some hope that the wildfire smoke pall brought into the Valley by a cold front earlier this week may have been drifted away by mid-week. The National Weather Service in Pueblo reported, amid the grey mass veiling the Sangre de Cristo peaks, that area smoke would be cleared Wednesday. Hot and dry conditions, teetering on the brink of a NWS heat hazard alert and clearly prime fire weather, remain for the week, with some chance of showers returning over the weekend. As for the measured air quality, the fire.airnow.gov website listed central and northern Custer County in the āmoderateā category Monday afternoon, meaning that the air quality is acceptable, but places vulnerable peopleāelderly, those with pulmonary challengesāat risk. Some…