Marty’s Wednesday Evening Forecast – Quiet Night Ahead – 6/26/19
Overview: The next couple of days look to be toasty, breezy, and for most areas pretty dry. There will likely be some spotty showers and thunderstorms over mainly southern parts of our coverage area on Thursday but severe weather doesn’t seem very likely, otherwise just a brief shower or crack of thunder possible over and near the mountains. As we head into the weekend a gradual increase in available moisture will increase the coverage of thunderstorms and help to cool the air a little. Storms may begin to produce heavy rain at times through early next week.
Tonight: Some clouds will drift over the southern half of our coverage area late tonight; elsewhere the sky should remain mostly clear. By morning the air should have cooled into the 50s to lower 60s for the plains with mainly 40s for the mountains.
Thursday: Mostly sunny over the Pikes Peak Region in the morning with partly cloudy conditions farther south. The afternoon should be partly cloudy, breezy and toasty with high temperatures in the 90s to lower 100s for the plains, 70s and 80s for the higher terrain along and west of I-25. Spotty showers and thunderstorms are most likely along and south of the Arkansas River during the afternoon, but even here the storms should be rather spotty. A brief shower/sprinkle could also pop up over and near the mountains or across the Palmer Divide, but we don’t expect significant rain. Severe weather isn’t very likely anywhere Thursday afternoon but a stronger storm or two could produce brief downpours, gusty wind and frequent lightning over the plains mainly south of the Arkansas River.
Extended: Friday looks hot and mostly dry outside of a quick sprinkle over the mountains. Moisture will increase over the state through the weekend with thunderstorms becoming much more likely over many areas. Severe weather is possible with the strongest cells but most storms will probably remain below severe criteria. Stronger thunderstorms will be capable of producing heavy rain at times through early next week, and should these storms interact with local burn scars there will be some potential for flash flooding. Thanks to the added moisture and thunderstorms the air should cool some through early next week.
