Mid 80s, sunny Thursday in Denver before the weekend storm

DENVER – Summer lovers, enjoy the next few days! Starting Thursday and Friday, the Denver metropolitan area will have plenty of sunshine and highs between 80 and 95 degrees. Winds will pick up a bit on Friday, leading to another day of high fire danger.

Big changes are coming this weekend! A cold front will approach the state starting Friday evening, with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms across Western Colorado.

Cooler air will move into the Front Range Saturday morning, and scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop in the afternoon. The heaviest rain will fall Saturday evening and overnight into Sunday morning. Some areas around the city could get up to an inch of water! Temperatures will only get below 25 degrees on Saturday, then above 18 degrees on Sunday. It will feel and look like fall as we welcome the new season on Sunday. Fall officially begins at 6:43 a.m. Sunday.

Some snow will fall on peaks above 9,000 feet on Saturday. Some areas could see between 3 and 6 inches of new snow by midday Sunday. Showers will slowly move out of the state Sunday afternoon and evening.

So far it looks like the beginning of next week will be dry and very pleasant with maximum temperatures between 25 and 25 degrees!

Mid 80s, sunny Thursday in Denver before the weekend storm

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