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More hot and dry weather for Colorado

High fire danger for Colorado's mountains and foothills

Tuesday evening forecast with Mike Nelson.

By: Mike Nelson

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The hot and dry weather pattern is showing no signs of changing for Colorado or the western third of the nation. Fire danger continues to increase and several fires have developed across our state in the past few days

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A persistent dome of high pressure covers the Rocky Mountain region, blocking any cooling fronts from bringing down temperatures or producing precipitation.

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Smoke from the fires in Boulder and Larimer counties will spread over the I-25 corridor and across northeast Colorado. In addition, smoke from more distant wildfires will move across the northern Rockies into northern Colorado through Thursday.

The next chance of any moisture appears to be Friday and Saturday of this week, but even those storms will be quite spotty. They could cause more trouble, though, due to wind and lightning. Be very careful with any burnable materials.

The extended outlook holds little sign of a change with more hot temperatures through next week and only spotty thunderstorms expected.