Denver finally beats the heat starting Friday, when temperatures are expected to reach a seasonal 91 degrees, with a 50 percent chance of rain, a prediction that holds through Sunday.
Saturday’s highs across the metro region might not make it out of the 70s, forecasters expect, .
Denver has a chance of showers or thunderstorms each day next week, with temperatures remaining in the 80s.
Cooler, wetter temperatures, and relief from the wildfire-producing effects of the state’s severe drought, could soon be on the way.
The , the product of shifting wind patterns that funnel moisture from the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California to the Southwest.
Monsoon season typically lasts through August.
This year’s monsoon potential for the Southwest “looks to be more vigorous than average, with a strong beginning and end,” according to a forecast by .
The National Weather Service also is for the month ahead.
