Taking advantage of the beautiful nature Colorado has to offer comes with a great responsibility: leave nature the way you found

A big dome of high pressure strengthening over the Central Plains will work to dry us out and heat us up for most of the week ahead.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAINPOSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENINGACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO.OVER THE MOUNTAINS THE MAINTHREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL.A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEENISSUED FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTOMOUNTAINS AND RATON MESA UNTIL 7PM.EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS, THESEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LOW,BUT NOT ENTIRELY OUT OF THEQUESTION, WITH HEAVY RAINFALL,GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ALLPOSSIBLE.AS THE RAIN PUSHSES EAST INTOTHE PLAINS, THE I-25 CORRIDORSHOULD DRY OUT AROUND SUNSET.RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMSWILL COME TO AN END ACROSS THEEASTERN PLAINS BEFORE MIDNIGHT.OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL BEMILD ACROSS THE REGION AS SKIESCLEAR OUT AFTER MIDNIGHT.MONDAY'S WEATHER WILL BE DRY ANDSUNNY EARLY, WITH ISOLATEDTHUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE BY THEAFTERNOON.BY MONDAY NIGHT, THE BEST STORMDYNAMICS WILL BE OVER THEPLAINS, WITH A SLIGHT RISK OFSEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVYRAINFALL.OUR WEATHER MOST OF NEXT WEEKWILL BE INFLUENCED BY ASTRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSUREOVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS.THIS WILL KEEP OUR FORECAST HOTAND DRY.HIGHS WILL BE AROUND 8-12DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGHTHURSDAY.A COLD FRONT LATE THURSDAY WILLOFFER UP SOME RELIEF TO THE HEATBY FRIDAY, WITH HIGHS DOWN SOME5-10 DEGREES.NEXT WEEKEND'S FORECAST COULD BEA LITTLE STORMY FOR THE PLAINS,BUT FOR NOW, I'VE KEPT MOSTAREAS RAIN FREE IN THE EXTENDEDFORECAST.