Much warmer, drier across Colorado this weekend as summer-like temperatures return

DENVER — The cool and stormy weather pattern is finally out of Colorado! A nice warming trend will now develop over the central Rockies and hold strong through the weekend.

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There are some scattered rain and snow showers in the mountains and foothills, Denver and the eastern plains will remain dry. Skies will clear overnight.

Lows will drop to the middle 40s to low 50s on the plains, with upper 20s to mid-30s in the mountains.

Warmer weather will cover Colorado for the first weekend of June! Temperatures will rebound back into the 70s on Friday and 80s Saturday and Sunday. The warm weather will last into the start of next week.

Rain chances will be fairly low over the weekend into early next week as no major weather disturbances will be moving across Colorado. There is always a slight chance for afternoon thunderstorms in early June, especially thanks to the moisture that now exists in our soil. The best chance of seeing scattered afternoon storms will be Sunday.

Monday and Tuesday will be warm and mainly dry, but a more organized storm system will arrive next Wednesday and Thursday with a better chance for thunderstorms.