Marty’s Sunday Morning Forecast – Scattered Storms Late – 8/4/19

Overview: The weather looks typical for early August with dry mornings, very warm afternoons, and scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, especially over the mountains for the next several days.

Today: Partly cloudy and very warm again with scattered showers and thunderstorms increasing in coverage compared to Saturday, but probably holding off until late this afternoon into this evening for many areas. Storms today will have a better chance to drift across the plains, but we still expect most of the storms to develop over and near the mountains with the best thunderstorm coverage likely around the Pikes Peak Region. Stronger storms today will again be capable rain makers and probably produce frequent lightning, gusty wind and possibly some small hail. High temperatures will again reach the 80s and 90s for the plains with mainly 70s over the mountains.

Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms will wind down late this evening, then clearing through the night with temperatures falling into the 50s and 60s for most areas by morning.

Extended: We don’t expect dramatic changes in the weather pattern over the next week. Storms may be slightly more prevalent over the plains at times during the work week as compared to this weekend, but in general they will remain scattered with the mountains receiving the highest coverage of thunderstorms and therefore the heaviest rainfall through the week. Most storms should remain below severe criteria, but occasionally a stronger storm could produce some hail and very gusty wind to go along with the rain and lightning. Most days we expect 80s and 90s for the plains with 70s and 80s for the mountains and mountain valleys.