DENVER — Keep the cars in the garage tonight! Rare, late night severe storms with huge hail are possible along the Interstate 25 corridor stretching off to the Eastern Plains into the overnight hours.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for the Denver metro area to the Colorado/Kansas state-line until 1:00 a.m. Wednesday.
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These cells could produce baseball to softball size hail, damaging 70+ mph wind gusts and isolated tornadoes across the eastern half of the state.
Storms will move out of the state by 4 a.m. with clearing skies Wednesday morning. It'll be another hazy start to the day along the Front Range as smoke from wildfires burning in Utah moves into much of the state.
Daytime highs will soar into the mid to upper 80s Wednesday afternoon. With a bit of moisture in the atmosphere, we'll be tracking another round of late afternoon and evening storms around the Denver metro area and plains. So far, much of Eastern Colorado is under a slight risk of severe storms Wednesday. There will be a slightly lower risk of severe weather on Thursday but a better chance of getting some much-needed rain.
In the mountains and high valleys, elevated to critical fire weather conditions will continue through much of next week. While a few storms are possible, many areas will remain relatively dry. Gusty winds combined with low humidity will keep fire danger elevated as red flag warnings go back in effect for much of the day on Wednesday.
A switch up in the weather pattern arrives this weekend! We'll see more sunshine, limited storms, gusty winds and some summertime heat! Daytime highs will soar into the mid to upper 90s on Saturday and Sunday.
It looks like the warmer weather sticks around into early next week.
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