Denver residents might want to keep an umbrella at hand as the day progresses. According to the National Weather Service, there's a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms kicking in after noon today. While the morning might start with some patchy fog before 8 am, it's otherwise looking to be mostly cloudy with highs brushing up to a comfortable 82 degrees. The wind, originally light and variable, is expected to settle from the north northwest at 5 to 10 mph come morning, with potential gusts reaching 16 mph.
As the night unfolds, there's a slight reprieve in the weather with just a 20 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms before we cross into midnight territory. Skies will be partly cloudy, and temperatures will dip to a low of around 58 degrees. The north northwest wind will hang back at 5 to 7 mph before it becomes light, and variable after midnight.
Steering into Thursday, sun-lovers will be pleased to find sunny skies with a high cruising up to 87 degrees. If you're making plans for the outdoors, the wind won't be much of a nuisance, starting calm, then picking up to an east southeast breeze of 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. But, those gusts could tag along again, this time up to 17 mph.
As nightfall approaches on Thursday, the weather holds steady. We're talking mostly clear skies and a low settling at about 61 degrees. The southeast wind is carrying on at 5 to 8 mph, though shifting southwest after the stroke of midnight, gusting as high as 17 mph.
Looking ahead, Friday's forecast is beaming bright with sunny skies and temperatures expected to soar near the 93-degree mark. The gentle stir of a calm wind will turn south from 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. In case you've missed it, those gusts seem to have a recurring role in this week's weather narrative, once more up to 17 mph.
