Sometimes travels a pain,
but when you look out the window
coming into or out of Colorado,
sometimes you see that makes it all worth it.
This is Northern Colorado.
At sunrise this morning.
Allie was kind enough to send this
in while she was flying in to DIA.
We're so lucky to live here,
aren't we, Don't you think? I mean,
people seriously flying in to the city go,
Oh well, maybe I understand
why so many people live here.
I can't wait to land and watch 9 News.
That's right. That's why they usually come
here is just to tune in to 9 News at four.
I mean. And Kathy.
Yeah, that's why Kathy.
They're flying in,
just waiting until they can
get close to a television.
I know. And wondering is that
snow going to come to Denver?
I mean, in May, your stories,
right? Yes. Yeah, This year,
I know, maybe not this year.
And all of the snow in the high country
record numbers, it's going to take a
while for all of that snow to melt.
And if it does melt too fast,
we'll have concerns for flooding.
And there is an area of Colorado
we're watching for that as we speak.
We had a beautiful Mayday today,
mostly sunny 70s.
Again, we've gone mostly cloudy,
but I wanted to remind you,
this is the month of May.
This is when we start to see
severe thunderstorms show up.
We can see heavy rain from slow moving
storms, about two inches of rain on average.
We can see snow in May 1.7 on average.
Highs in the 70s, lows in the 40s,
record highs in the 90s.
But may can be.
Interesting month of weather.
We're seeing that.
Interesting weather way up high with snow
coming down over the continental divide.
No advisories for snow or travel,
but down here,
sunshine and 70s and now maybe.
A shower or two coming off the
Foothills 72 in Denver today,
76 in Greeley, 72 in Lamar,
and almost 80 in Grand Junction.
Out of the airport,
winds are starting to increase a bit.
Humidity as well,
still may see a stray shower
cross Greeley and Fort Collins.
We have winds at the surface
out of the east and southeast,
and that's helped to increase the
humidity along the Front Range.
The moisture feeding in from
the Southwest has generated some
hit and miss thunderstorms,
a little bit of lightning, nothing severe.
But as these storms creep north and
try to cross the urban corridor,
it's pretty dry here at the surface,
so haven't seen much rain hit the ground yet.
We're concerned for too much rain
as rapid snow melt has created
flooding concerns on the Yampa River.
Craig Meeker,
Steamboat Springs These are
areas we're watching.
We're in between two storm systems,
one big low outside of Chicago,
another one that's just
offshore from California.
This big blocking Ridge of high pressure,
this Omega block is a
really interesting pattern,
but it's also allowing in just enough
moisture underneath the Ridge that
we're seeing these cloudy skies and
one or two thundershowers tomorrow.
Thunderstorm threat relatively low and
it could be the warmest day of the week.
As a matter of fact,
we could see highs in the
upper 70s to near 80 degrees.
But the Ridge is starting to shift now in
response to that California low moving on.
Shore temperatures will be warm with
winds increasing out of the South,
but we're also seeing the moisture
increasing up over the continental Divide.
So an isolated shower early and
then we're going to clear out.
We get a sunny day tomorrow and
really just as one or two little
thunderstorms over the Front
Range foothills are way up high
as we move through tomorrow.
The the thunderstorm day,
I think we're really kind of
concerned about is Thursday.
We have a good chance of storms that
could be strong with hail and heavy rain.
So Thursday's the day that
we're watching for that.
Low temperatures tonight,
very mild in the 40.
5 to 50 degree range for lower elevation,
79 in Denver tomorrow, 84 in Lamar.
When you look at these
forecast high temperatures,
keep in mind the average high
this time of year is about 65,
so running well above average even along
the Front Range Foothills with 70 at
Pine Junction and 65 at Idaho Springs.
So in the city for tonight.
Partly cloudy and isolated.
Shower rumble of Thunder early and
then clearing or low at 48 tomorrow.
Partly sunny temperatures probably
warming close to 80 for many areas.
With enough sunshine and not much in
the way of rain from storms Thursday,
things change. It's a little cooler.
Good chance of scattered storms in the
afternoon. Isolated activity Friday.
Cooler for the weekend with another
round of showers coming in next Tuesday
with highs continuing in the 70s.
You guys, it's May.
It is skin cancer awareness month.
And don't forget high altitude.
High risk,
so Kim and Tom don't forget
to check your spots.