While the thermometer failed to reach 90 degrees, Denver enjoyed its warmest day of the year Tuesday with a high temperature of 86 degrees.
The warm weather continues ahead of cooler temperatures and stormy skies later on in the week, with forecasters predicting it will be at least a week before the city approaches 90 again.
“Dry and very warm conditions will prevail across most of northeast and north-central Colorado,” the National Weather Service in Boulder said in a bulletin. “Isolated, strong thunderstorms will still be possible over the northeast corner of the state.”
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The highest potential for storms — which may produce hail up to 1 inch in diameter — will be mainly east of a line spanning from Sterling to Akron, according to the bulletin.
Minor flooding is expected along the Cache La Poudre and South Platte rivers in central and eastern Weld County as storms pass through.
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A surface cold front is expected to move into the state on Wednesday morning and unsettle the weather.
“Moist southwesterly flow aloft will develop over the state Wednesday that continues through the weekend,” the bulletin said.
Thunderstorms on Wednesday will have the potential to be severe, federal forecasters say, with large hail, gusty winds and possibly a few tornadoes.
“Later in the week, afternoon and evening thunderstorms will also contain the threat of locally heavy rainfall,” the bulletin said.
Jesse Paul: 303-954-1733, jpaul@denverpost.com or twitter.com/JesseAPaul
