DENVER — From the 90s yesterday to 80s today and 70s on tap tomorrow, Denver's weather roller-coaster ride continues!
An isolated shower could still pop up around the Denver metro area later this evening, but the better chance for rain will be across the Eastern Plains, where there’s a bit more moisture and instability to work with.
A cold front will slide in from the north late tonight, bringing a round of breezy northerly winds early Tuesday morning. Look for lows to bottom out in the low 50s. While we'll have a bit of sunshine in Denver, we’ll likely still see some patchy clouds east of Denver around sunrise before they break apart. Tuesday will be a noticeably cooler day, with highs only in the low to mid 70s across the Denver metro and plains.
Even though there will be plenty of moisture around — in fact, moisture levels will be unusually high for this time of year — the cooler air behind the front should make it tough for storms to really get going across the plains. The mountains will have the better chance for a few showers and storms Tuesday afternoon.
It will be a bit more seasonal in Denver on Wednesday, with highs in the low 80s as we sit under partly cloudy skies. There will still be a chance for showers and thunderstorms, especially over the mountains and Palmer Divide, but it looks like a fairly dry day across the plains.
Then things get more interesting Wednesday night and Thursday as an upper-level low moves through the Pacific Northwest and Great Basin, turning our winds aloft more southwesterly. That will help pull more monsoonal moisture into Colorado, with Thursday looking like the best shot for meaningful rain around the Denver metro. A few stronger storms could produce locally heavy rain, but the overall flash flood threat looks fairly localized.
Looking ahead to Friday through the weekend, we'll see a chance of afternoon storms each afternoon, especially in the mountains. Temperatures will stay a bit more seasonal too, with highs mainly in the upper 70s and low 80s through early next week.
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