Colorado Springs acquired some much-needed rain Thursday, and extra is probably on the horizon as we enter into the Fourth of July weekend.

Friday morning is predicted to be partly cloudy and dry till early afternoon, when showers and thunderstorms are forecast to carry heavy rainfall over the mountains, in response to the Nationwide Climate Service in pueblo. Sturdy to extreme thunderstorms could develop over the japanese plains as properly. Friday’s excessive temperature in Colorado Springs is predicted to close 77.

Excessive temperatures improve barely to close 81 for a principally sunny Saturday, however an opportunity of showers and thunderstorms looms within the early afternoon and is probably going after mid-afternoon, the climate service says. Circumstances are anticipated to be a lot the identical Sunday, with a excessive close to 83 and a barely larger likelihood of showers and thunderstorms after midday.

Rains could subside in time for a picnic or different out of doors actions on Monday’s Independence Day, with possibilities of showers and thunderstorms dropping to twenty% to make for a principally sunny Monday with a excessive close to 85.

Colorado Springs acquired .xx of an inch of rain Thursday on the final day of June, in response to the official measurement on the Colorado Springs Airport. Regardless of the precipitation, Colorado Springs ended the month drier than regular.

Whereas final week’s rainfall was sufficient to drag some areas of the state from excessive drought to extreme drought, Colorado Springs recorded simply 1.37 inches of precipitation final month — almost a 1-inch departure from the June regular of two.27 inches, in response to Kathy Torgerson of the Nationwide Climate Service in Pueblo.

July is often each the most well liked and the wettest month of the yr in Colorado Springs, as seasonal monsoons dump greater than half of the realm’s yearly rainfall through the summer season months. Torgerson stated the service has a “pretty sturdy sign” for warmer-than-average temps this month, but it surely’s not fairly as clear whether or not July will see under or above the month’s common 3.12 inches of rain.

“I am not saying we cannot have above regular (rainfall), it’s simply that the sign isn’t there,” she stated.

She stated Arizona and New Mexico, in addition to the 4 Corners area, see extra persistent predictions of monsoonal rains that “do not fairly nudge up into El Paso County” but. It is a La Niña yr, when cooler Pacific waters usually trigger below-average rainfall and better temperatures in most of Colorado, in response to the Colorado Local weather Middle. 

Hearth restrictions are nonetheless in place for Colorado Springs. 

This is the forecast from the Nationwide Climate Service:

At the moment: Showers and thunderstorms doubtless, primarily after 3 p.m. Partly sunny, with a excessive close to 77. Northwest wind 5-10 mph changing into southeast within the afternoon. Likelihood of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall quantities between 1 / 4 and half of an inch doable.

Saturday: An opportunity of showers and thunderstorms between midday and three p.m., then showers doubtless and probably a thunderstorm after 3 p.m. Largely sunny, with a excessive close to 81. West wind 10-15 mph changing into east within the afternoon. Likelihood of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall quantities of lower than a tenth of an inch, besides larger quantities doable in thunderstorms.

Sunday: A 50% likelihood of showers and thunderstorms after midday. Largely sunny, with a excessive close to 83. Breezy, with a south wind 10-20 mph. New rainfall quantities of lower than a tenth of an inch, besides larger quantities doable in thunderstorms.

Independence Day: A 20% likelihood of showers and thunderstorms after midday. Largely sunny, with a excessive close to 85. West wind 10-15 mph changing into east within the afternoon.