Despite the cold front that brought , there is little chance the cloud cover will amount to storm activity in the Denver area, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.
“This stuff coming off of the foothills is basically dying out and won’t amount to much,” said Bob Kleyla, a meteorologist with the weather service. “The cold front kind of came in but never really pushed to the other side of the mountain, more just stalling out over the foothills.”
As of 4:30 p.m., Kleyla said most thunderstorm activity remains southwest of Denver. Most storm activity was seen in northeast Park County near Bailey and is continuing to move east, which could continue on toward southern parts of Jefferson and Douglas Counties in the next few hours, Kleyla said. The weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for west central Jefferson County and Park County until 5:15 p.m. Monday.
Colorado Springs showed a 20 to 30 percent chance for showers, and Pueblo only showed a 10 percent chance leading up through the evening.
“We didn’t get a lot of heating today so the atmosphere has been pretty stabilized, which means the storms are stuck over the mountains, where it’s less stable,” Kleyla said.
Kleyla said the cooler temperatures also will be short lived, with the warmest day of the week anticipated for Tuesday with average temperatures expected to hang around the mid-90s.
“Today was just a short reprieve from the heat,” Kleyla said.
