| With more sunshine through the morning today temperatures will warm to just above seasonal averages this afternoon. Highs will top out over the plains in the low to mid 70’s with 60’s in the Front Range foothills. Normal high for Denver today is 71 degrees. Ample moisture remains at the surface with dew points expected to remain in the 40’s through the day and in combination with better daytime heating there will be a build up of clouds this afternoon with isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms. Showers and isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms will initiate between 1-3pm and continue possible through 8 or 9pm. Typical storms will move from NW to SE at 20-25mph and generally produce light to briefly moderate rain. Should a strong thunderstorm be able to develop heavy rainfall is possible but relatively fast storm motions will result in brief duration helping to lower potential point rainfall amounts but warranting a low Message potential. After 9pm shower and thunderstorm activity will push east of the District leaving dry conditions for the overnight period. |
WORST CASE SCENARIO: Should a strong thunderstorm be able to develop it will have the potential to produce brief heavy rain of 0.3-0.8” in 10-30 minutes.
A LOOK AHEAD: A similar setup for tomorrow with temperatures in the 70’s over the plains with widely scattered afternoon and early evening thunderstorms. Typical storms will produce light to moderate rain but a stronger storm may still produce brief heavy rain. A storm system will move into the area on Thursday into Friday with cooler temperatures, more cloud cover and scattered to widespread rain showers as well as a threat for thunderstorms in the afternoon. Thunderstorms will have the potential to produce heavy rainfall but will be fighting colder temperatures and the strength of the storms may very well end up on the weaker side.
| Location | Prime Time | 30-Minute Rainfall and % Probability |
Message Potential |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plains | |||
| Adams |
200 PM TO
900 PM |
Trace (80%) to 0.2" (40%) to 0.5" (20%) | |
| Arapahoe |
200 PM TO
900 PM |
Trace (80%) to 0.2" (40%) to 0.5" (20%) | |
| Broomfield |
200 PM TO
900 PM |
Trace (75%) to 0.2" (40%) to 0.5" (15%) | |
| Denver |
200 PM TO
900 PM |
Trace (75%) to 0.2" (40%) to 0.5" (15%) | |
| Boulder |
100 PM TO
900 PM |
Trace (75%) to 0.2" (40%) to 0.5" (15%) | |
| Douglas |
100 PM TO
900 PM |
Trace (80%) to 0.2" (40%) to 0.5" (20%) | |
| Jefferson |
100 PM TO
900 PM |
Trace (75%) to 0.2" (40%) to 0.5" (15%) | |
| Foothills above 6500ft | |||
| Boulder |
100 PM TO
900 PM |
Trace (80%) to 0.2" (40%) to 0.5" (20%) | |
| Douglas |
100 PM TO
900 PM |
Trace (80%) to 0.2" (40%) to 0.5" (20%) | |
| Jefferson |
100 PM TO
900 PM |
Trace (80%) to 0.2" (40%) to 0.5" (20%) |
MONITOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS.