Highs remain in the low 80s today and tomorrow with wildfire smoke likely getting thicker today.
DENVER — FORECAST BY: 9NEWS Weather Impact Team Meteorologist Chris Bianchi. Keely Chalmers
THE FORECAST AT A GLANCE:
We’re staying on the summer train for the time being, with a high in the low 80s in Denver with areas of wildfire smoke increasing through the afternoon serving as our main weather impact.
Highs will be a few degrees warmer than Sunday’s, with a high of 81° in Denver, which is more than 10 degrees above average for the first week of October. We’ll likely see a bit of an extra surge of wildfire smoke this afternoon than northerly winds bringing in smoke from fires in Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah. That’ll keep skies hazy through the day.
Some of that smoke should push out tomorrow late morning with more westerly winds, but it’ll still stay hazy at times with a high in the low 80s once again.
We stay dry and warm all week long, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s, 10-15° above our average high in the upper 60s for this week.
Today marks the average date of Denver’s first freeze, but there is nothing in the next 10-14 days getting us even close to a frost, let alone a freeze.
We’re still watching for the potential for a bit of a weather pattern flip next weekend and into the following week, but recent computer modeling is less bullish on those cooler and more fall-like temperatures for Sunday and Monday. That means we’ll probably get at least a bit of a cooldown, but not as drastic or as rainy as it was looking like a few days ago.
Our late summer feel is here to stay for at least this week, and probably into next week as well.
MONDAY: Mostly sunny and warm with areas of wildfire smoke, high 82. Smoke will clear somewhat overnight, low 49.
TUESDAY: Mostly sunny, still hazy, and warm, high 81 (record: 85°). Quiet overnight, low 48.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny and warm, high 83. Partly cloudy overnight, low 50.
THURSDAY: Mostly sunny and continued warm, high 84. Mostly clear overnight, low 53.
FRIDAY: Mostly sunny and warm, high 84 (record: 87°). Mostly clear overnight, low 51.
SATURDAY: Sunny and mild, breezy, high 81. A few clouds increase at night, low 45.
SUNDAY: A potential fall-like feel with cooler weather, high 72. A few clouds at night, low 48.
MONDAY: Mostly sunny and mild, high 76. Mostly clear at night, low 48.
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