The Denver metro area will have isolated rain and thunderstorms in the late afternoon Tuesday.
There is a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mostly after 3 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.
On Monday night, some areas in the metro area got as much as three-quarters of an inch of rain, while Denver International Airport only received a trace, said Kyle Fredin, meteorologist for the NWS. Parts of Boulder County received a half-inch of rain, Fredin said.
Meanwhile, Colorado Springs was pounded with heavy rain and hail, .
The city used eight snow plows and several front-end loaders to clear hail from streets, city spokeswoman Kim Melchor told The Gazette.
Eric Peterson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pueblo, told the Gazette most areas of Colorado Springs receive between 1 to 4 inches of rain Sunday night through Monday night. An area 4 miles northwest of Peterson Air Force was hardest hit — it got 4.11 inches of rain, 2.56 of which fell Monday afternoon.
It will be partly sunny Tuesday, with a high temperature of about 79 degrees. Overnight, temperatures will dip to a low of around 56 degrees, according to the NWS.
Although it will be sunny and rain is not in the forecast for the Front Range on Wednesday, the high will be about 79 degrees again.
It will be breezy, with winds gusting to about 20 mph.
For the rest of the week, it will be warmer in the Denver area with highs in the mid 80s.
Temperatures will peak on Friday afternoon at about 87 degrees. That afternoon, there is a 20 percent chance of rain, according to the NWS.
It will be mostly warm and sunny over the Labor Day weekend, with a high of 86 on Saturday, 84 on Sunday and 78 on Monday, or Labor Day.
Through the weekend there is only a slight chance for rain on Saturday night.
