Metro Denver residents face a warm day Wednesday with possible rain showers and thunderstorms in the evening, according to the National Weather Service.
The high temperature in metro Denver will be 79 degrees under mostly sunny skies, weather service forecasters said.
A light wind blowing at about 8 miles per hour in the afternoon will bring clouds Wednesday night, when the winds likely will increase, forecasters said. Scattered showers including a few thunderstorms are expected, bringing light rain. Not much rain is expected due to dry air.
In the mountains, more rain is likely, including thunderstorms, as temperatures exceed 60 degrees. The weather service has issued a flash flood warning for wildfire burn scar areas in the mountain foothills and canyons northwest of Denver.
