Tracking fire danger & smoke into Independence Day

TODAY: It's another critical fire danger day across Colorado with gusty 20-40 MPH winds mainly coming from the west-southwest. Red Flag Warnings continue with hot temps in the 80s and 90s in most areas from the mountains to the plains. Exceptionally dry weather persists for the Pikes Peak Region with relative humidity levels sitting below 10% in many areas.

EXTENDED: Expect highs for the next several days in the 80s across the mountains and 90s/100s across the I-25 corridor and plains. The weekend brings a pattern change to slightly wetter weather with a return to daily rain chances for most, thankfully. We will, however, be tracking the chance for more severe storms from the weekend through most of next week.