Colorado weather: Fire danger rises Saturday

Friday daytime highs will climb in the low 80s with mostly sunny skies. Fire danger levels will rise in Colorado on Saturday as winds kick up, humidity drops, and temperatures climb into the upper 80s. As a result of this weather change, Saturday will be a First Alert Weather Day. Saturday, Denver could have potentially record-breaking heat. The current record is 86 degrees, last set in 1997. The Denver metro area and parts of Northern Colorado, the Front Range Mountains, and the Eastern Plains will be the areas where a fire weather watch has been put in place by the National Weather Service. Winds could gust up to 40 mph with relative humidity as low as 15%.  

A dry cold front arrives for the second half of the weekend dropping daytime highs into the low 80s with mostly sunny and dry conditions.  It will be a pleasant fall day for the Broncos game with temperatures in the upper 70s.