Marty’s Saturday Morning Forecast – Toasty Holiday Weekend! – 5/26/18

Today: Sunny this morning, partly cloudy, breezy and hot this afternoon with near record high temperatures expected area wide. Wind gusts this afternoon will range from 20 to 30 mph at times, and combined with the heat and dry conditions will lead to conditions favorable for the spread of wildfires so the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning from noon until 9:00 PM for all areas along and west of I-25. Expect high temperatures in the 80s and 90s along I-25, 90s to lower 100s along the Arkansas River, mainly 70s for the mountains.

Tonight: Partly cloudy with decreasing wind tonight. The air will cool into the 40s and 50s for the mountains, mainly 50s and 60s for the plains.

Extended: Most of the holiday weekend will be warm and mostly dry for areas along and west of I-25. Isolated strong thunderstorms may develop late Sunday near the Kansas State line, but fire weather will be more of a concern again along and west of I-25. Memorial Day should be a little cooler, and there may be spotty, weak showers late in the day over the Pikes Peak Region, but most areas still look to be dry for most of the day with high temperatures in the 70s and 80s, although a few spots along and south of the Arkansas River may reach the 90s again. Wednesday will probably bring us our best chance for scattered thunderstorms over the next week, and there is some potential that a few strong storms will develop over parts of our coverage area. Thursday & Friday look hot, breezy and dry again.