Feeling Like Late Summer This Weekend With Record Heat

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DENVER (CBS4) - It's still technically late spring but it will feel more like late summer for the next few days around Colorado thanks to a large ridge of high pressure in the upper atmosphere.

Denver tied the record high for Saturday with 95 degrees! The old record at 95 was set in 2012.

Sunday's record for Denver is 99. We should be just a few degrees shy of that one.

The main weather story will be the critical fire danger around our state between now and Sunday.

There is a cooling trough of low pressure in the Pacific Northwest today and it will scoot to the north of Colorado early next week bringing some slightly cooler air.

By Monday highs statewide will still be above normal for this time of year, but not quite as hot.

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Meteorologist Chris Spears travels weekly in the CBS4 Mobile Weather Lab reporting about Colorado's weather and climate. Check out his bio, connect with him on Facebook or follow him on Twitter @ChrisCBS4.