DENVER — The recent heatwave has loosened it's grip on Colorado and we will enjoy much more comfortable conditions this week with a better chance for some welcome rainfall.
Scattered thunderstorms will stay mainly south of I-70 tonight with lows dropping to the mid-40s to low 50s in the mountains and upper 50s to low 60s for Denver and the northeast plains.
Highs on Tuesday will be in the mid-to upper 80s with scattered thunderstorms and showers in the afternoon and evening. On Wednesday, expect more of the same, with mostly sunny skies in the morning and the chance for storms in the afternoon.
Thursday and Friday there will be more widespread thunderstorms with heavy rain likely and cooler temperatures. Highs will be in the upper 70s to low 80s both Thursday and Friday, with 60s to low 70s in the mountains.
The weather will begin to warm up and dry out over the weekend. There still will be some thunderstorms on Saturday with highs in the middle 80s. Sunday will be mainly dry with highs back around 90 degrees.
Next week looks to be very hot and dry with highs soaring into the upper 90s to low 100s.
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