And I want to focus here up underneath our banner
where you can see we do have some thunderstorms this
morning across parts of South Dakota and even into eastern
Wyoming.
There's a wave here in the upper levels of the
atmosphere that's going to drop off to the southeast and
send a cold front in here for the weekend.
And so temperatures will drop after today and we'll still
see the clockwise flow around this area of high pressure
off to our W with us through the weekend as
well.
That's going to keep moisture in the mid levels of
the atmosphere.
So while it's quiet this good morning, that's kind of
been the case here, right for most mornings this week.
During the afternoon yesterday, storms fired up and we'll see
a similar thing out there today.
Yesterday they moved off to the southeast.
That'll be the case again today and you can see
quite a bit of activity off to the northeast of
the springs.
Pueblo we had some storms, Trinidad, we caught some yesterday.
And so, you know different areas still catching in on
the storms with quite a bit of moisture at the
low levels of the atmosphere.
The storms will continue to be a pretty efficient rain
producers like we've seen for the last couple of days
and heavy rain with the strongest storms will remain a
possibility.
Colorado Springs this morning different than yesterday.
You can see the sun bouncing off of the buildings
here.
We don't have the low clouds that we had 24
hours ago.
60s in the springs.
Little bit cooler up across the mountain areas where we
have some 40s and 50s this morning.
But this will be the warmest day of probably the
next four days and a little bit warmer than what
we had yesterday.
We'll get into the mid 90s along the Arkansas River,
80s for Colorado Springs.
Maybe flirt with 90 for a couple spots on the
South end and a mixture of 70s and 80s over
the mountain areas and you see some 90s up across
the northeastern Colorado as well.
We will see some mid level clouds float in from
the northwest here as we head through the morning, but
we'll stay dry until we get to the middle part
of the day.
And you see some thunderstorms developing up across the Denver
area by 1231 o'clock across the Pikes Peak region into
Fremont County, the upper Arkansas River Valley, other mountain locations.
These will spread off to the southeast like they they
have for the last few days and through 3:00 to
see some of the storms there, at least the cores
of them producing some heavy rain.
I don't think we get any severe weather through 3:00.
And then that may change, especially out across the eastern
plains.
Note how the thunderstorms increase in coverage a little bit
and start to get a little bit of kind of
a, there's an indication of a bow here.
What that tells us is that these storms will start
to become pretty outflow dominant, produce some gusty wind around
60 mph or so, at least with the strongest storm.
So if you get a severe thunderstorm warning in the
back part of the day out east, it'd probably be
for some gusty wind.
The storms may start to get a little bit of
a hail threat as they move into Kansas.
In fact, I think that's where the bulk of the
severe weather will be.
It's just more likely there than what we'll have across
eastern Colorado.
But Robert and Ryan will certainly be keeping an eye
on that for you today.
So severe weather most likely to the east of Lyman
and La Junta.
Now as we head into early Saturday morning, any lingering
showers or storms are coming to an end as you
can see here.
But we'll wake up partly cloudy to mostly clear on
Saturday.
And it will be a different day as the temperatures
come back behind the cold front.
So 90s tougher to come by out over the eastern
plains, lots of 80s east of the Rockies and mainly
70s across the mountains and valleys.
We are still going to see some storms tomorrow, but
I think this is going to be the least busy
day between today, tomorrow and Sunday.
Now you'll see some storms here as we head through
the afternoon.
I don't expect any severe weather tomorrow.
In fact, the best coverage of storms may kind of
end up along the eastern mountains and along I-25.
But again, I just think there's fewer around compared to
today and compared to what we'll have on Sunday.
In fact, Speaking of Sunday, it's going to be a
real cool day.
60s and 70s over the mountains with 70s and a
few 80s over the plains.
And there may even be a shower or a thunderstorm
around Sunday morning.
In fact, storm cast is indicating that here, this will
be the day with the most widespread coverage of showers
and thunderstorms and a day to pick up some decent
rain, I think for quite a few areas on Sunday.
Still don't expect any severe weather, but certainly a day
that will have some weather impact.
So I think tomorrow's the better day to be outside.
Monday will still be cool, but we'll start to push
the coverage of storms from the Interstate westward, quieter over
the plains as we start to look at a warming
and drying trend into next week.
In fact, that really takes hold by Wednesday.
And then last, as it looks now anyways, toward next
weekend with a number of days in the upper 80s
to around 90 for Colorado Springs.