Severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m.
Rocky Mountain News
Originally published 07:49 p.m., June 20, 2008
Updated 08:30 p.m., June 20, 2008
A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 9 p.m. for the Denver area, according to the National Wather Service.
The high Friday in the metro area was 85 — that's slightly cooler than what meteorologists were projecting.
And Saturday's expected high of 87 is down a bit from the 90 they were forecasting earlier.
Sunday will be the hot day of the weekend with an expected high of 91.
The pattern of isolated afternoon thunderstorms is fairly typical for this time of year in eastern Colorado, National Weather Service meteorologist Kyle Friedin said. "May is our wettest month," and then a drier period typically ensues — albeit with occasional thunderstorms — until the monsoons hit from about July 15 to early September, he said.
"We call them the monsoons, but they're really just the second wet period" of eastern Colorado's year, he said.
Friday's storms were stronger near the border Colorado shares with Kansas and Nebraska.
The atmosphere in most of Colorado is gradually drying out as upper-level high pressure builds over the western United States.
A flood warning remains for the Arkansas River at Cañon City in Fremont County, because rapid snowmelt has raised the river slightly above flood stage there.
A flood advisory is in effect for the Colorado River near Cameo.
Monday's high in metro Denver is expected to be 90, and Tuesday should be 89 — again, with slight chances of afternoon and evening thundershowers.
The high country could see afternoon thunderstorms in the next few days, but by Sunday and Monday the highs could climb close to 70 in the towns of the north and central mountains.
Friday was the first day of summer — it officially hit at 5:59 p.m., when the sun reached the highest point north of the equator it will get this year.
The sun will set at 8:31 p.m. tonight — and, of course, daylight will remain a good half hour or more after the official sunset, NWS meteorologists say.
That 8:31 sunset will continue for the next several days — the difference is that the sunrise will creep up from Friday's 5:31 a.m. to 5:32 a.m. and 5:33 a.m. the next few days.
The sun actually will set later — 8:32 p.m. — on June 27 and June 28, but by then, the sunrise will be about 5:35 a.m., making those days a couple minutes shorter than today.
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June 20, 2008
12:17 p.m.
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Squatch writes:
I hate when its hot it makes all my body hair sweaty.
June 20, 2008
12:59 p.m.
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Scott writes:
Squatch,
Then just jog in the nude ;-)
Scott
June 20, 2008
1:45 p.m.
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temurlan writes:
Or get a whole body wax...
June 20, 2008
1:47 p.m.
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FlyfishDude52 writes:
Fish naked!
June 20, 2008
4:16 p.m.
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HollyGoLightly writes:
Oh man, Squatch, you just gave me a bad visual!
On a serious note though, I do hope it rains because my yard needs it.