7:00 AM | *Unseasonably cool today with the chance of showers and thunderstorms*

6-Day forecast for the Denver, Colorado metro region

Today

Mainly cloudy, quite cool, chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs in the lower 50’s; NW winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, chilly, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the lower 40’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, cool, windy, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, lower 60’s for afternoon highs

Saturday Night             

Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, middle 40’s for late night lows

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, middle 60’s

Monday

Partly sunny, a bit milder, chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, upper 60’s

Tuesday

Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms lower 70’s

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers, middle 60’s

Discussion

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.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather