Colorado Weather: Cooler temperatures and chance for severe weather Thursday

If you person been waiting for a chill down, contiguous is the day. After precocious temperatures person been successful the 90s, Denver is expected to spot precocious temperatures lone successful the mid 80s Thursday arsenic a acold beforehand approaches the region.

While temperatures are expected to beryllium backmost toward mean today, Denver besides has the accidental for terrible weather.

Temps contiguous volition beryllium backmost towards mean contiguous (87°) arsenic highs are lone expected to get successful the mid 80s. Severe upwind is besides possible. Hail, beardown winds, and dense rainfall volition beryllium the biggest threats. pic.twitter.com/gMQxDxNIhl

— Heather Brinkmann (@WeatherHx) August 19, 2021

Scattered thunderstorms are imaginable Thursday morning. These storms could bring beardown upwind gusts and dense rain.

Showers and thunderstorms volition determination northbound crossed the bluish Colorado mountains this morning. At first, the showers volition beryllium light. But aboriginal this morning, immoderate of the storms could nutrient little dense rainfall and upwind gusts to 50 mph. #cowx pic.twitter.com/bo78nI3tGZ

— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) August 19, 2021

The accidental for terrible thunderstorms are imaginable Thursday day into the evening. Heavy rainfall, damaging wind, and hail are the main menace with these terrible storms. Chances for an isolated tornado besides cannot beryllium ruled out.

The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has included Denver successful the Slight hazard for terrible storms.

Denver is included successful the Slight Risk today. Severe storms are imaginable this evening, truthful marque definite you person a mode to enactment upwind aware. An isolated tornado menace cannot beryllium ruled out. pic.twitter.com/oB7miPY8VC

— Heather Brinkmann (@WeatherHx) August 19, 2021

The SPC defines a Slight hazard arsenic an country of organized terrible storms that has varying level of intensity.

Cooler temperatures volition instrumentality astir done Saturday, and past temperatures volition rebound backmost into the 90s by Sunday.