The number of tornadoes across the nation has surged in the last 4 weeks to overall levels that are now well above normal for the current time of year. One of the catalysts for these severe weather outbreaks has been the continuation of colder-than-normal air masses that have been dropping south and east from Canada into the US and this has set up “battle zone” regions when interacting with warm, humid air flowing northward from the Gulf of Mexico. This type of active weather pattern will continue through the rest of May and tomorrow afternoon and evening may feature yet another rather widespread severe weather outbreak across portions of Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri.
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The weather becomes quite breezy and unsettled later today, tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms and it turns cooler as well. Temperatures today should reach the low-to-mid 70’s for afternoon highs, but likely be confined to near 60 degrees on Tuesday afternoon. The second half of the week will feature warmer and drier conditions with a reduced chance for any shower activity.
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In general, the weather will be warm and rain-free over the next few days with afternoon temperatures at or slightly above the 80 degree mark for highs. While there can be a shower or thunderstorm during each of the next few days, a better chance of rain is likely to hold off until the early part of next week.
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The overall pattern turns warmer and drier beginning today with a reduced chance for rain. Temperatures today will peak in the middle 70’s, and then likely climb to the lower 80’s for afternoon highs on Friday. The weekend will be quite warm with temperatures likely reaching the 80’s on both days.
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A frontal passage will bring us cooler and wet weather on Wednesday with occasional showers likely and maybe a thunderstorm or two. The overall pattern turns warmer and drier beginning on Thursday with a decreased chance for rain. Temperatures today will peak in the middle 60’s, but likely climb to near 80 degrees for afternoon highs on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
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The weather becomes unsettled again later today with an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms and some of the thunderstorms can be on the strong-to-severe side. Winds will become quite gusty as well today with afternoon gusts possible to 35 mph. A frontal passage will bring us cooler and wet weather conditions on Wednesday and then a warming trend should begin on Thursday along with a somewhat decreased chance of showers.
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After a wet day to finish the weekend, it turns somewhat drier and milder today, but more unsettled weather is going to make a return. The chance of showers and storms will be on the increase from later tomorrow into tomorrow night and Wednesday promises to be a cool and wet day following the passage of a cool front. A warming trend will begin on Thursday to go along with a reduced chance of showers.
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Another cool and unsettled day is coming to the Denver metro region with temperatures well below-normal for this time of year and the on-going chance of showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures are likely to peak this afternoon in the lower 50’s which is far below the normal for today of around 68 degrees. It turns milder this weekend with highs likely back up in the 60’s, but unsettled conditions remain with the threat of showers and thunderstorms.
One final note, there has been a lot of activity on the sun in recent days with a very large sunspot region known officially as AR3664 having unleashed as many as five coronal mass ejections towards Earth. One of the main ejections will arrive into Earth’s upper atmosphere on Saturday, May 11th, and it can spark geomagnetic storms as can a couple to follow close behind later this weekend. Watch for auroras as far south as Colorado during this weekend event which is being classified as a “category 4" geomagnetic storms…rarely seen in recent years.
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An unsettled and unseasonably cool weather pattern continues for the Denver metro region with temperatures this afternoon struggling to pass the 50 degree mark. It stays unusually cool on Friday with temperatures likely confined to the lower 50’s for highs…still well below-normal for this time of year. There is the chance of rain and/or snow showers today, tonight and on Friday and there can be a rumble of thunder from time-to-time. A warming trend begins this weekend and should continue into the early part of next week.
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An unsettled pattern continues for the remainder of the week in the Denver metro region with continuing strong westerly winds today gusting up to 30 mph or so. It likely will be a rain-free day across the area, but the chance for rain and/or snow showers will return in the overnight hours and continue on Thursday. It turns colder on Thursday following the passage of a cold front and temperatures will be well below-normal for this time of year. A warming trend begins early this weekend and should continue into the early part of next week.
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