Marty’s Saturday Morning Forecast – Still Hot – 6/29/19

Overview: As we head into the weekend a gradual increase in available moisture will increase the coverage of thunderstorms mainly over and near the mountains which should help to cool the air a little for these areas during the afternoon and evening hours. Storms may begin to produce heavy rain at times through early next week when more areas will notice some cooling.

Today: Mostly sunny this morning, partly cloudy, breezy and toasty again 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 over the mountains this afternoon but brief showers could pop up over the I-25 corridor as well. Storms do not appear very likely over the plains. Severe weather isn’t very likely anywhere today but stronger cells could produce frequent lightning, gusty wind and brief downpours.

Tonight: Any showers or thunderstorms will wind down this evening with the sky gradually clearing through the night. By morning the air should have cooled into the 50s to lower 60s for the plains with mainly 40s to lower 50s for the mountains.

Sunday: Partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms again most likely over and near the mountains. The air probably won’t cool much outside of localized cooling due to thunderstorms.

Extended: Moisture will increase over many areas early next week 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 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 for a couple of days. Independence Day looks warm and partly cloudy with a chance for scattered thunderstorms.