The Labor Day weekend will be hot and dry across most of Colorado, though the eastern plains will see the first hint of fall Tuesday.

Eastern Colorado

An upper ridge building from the east Saturday will result in highs in the upper 80s to low 90s across eastern Colorado through the holiday Monday. Drier air will limit the potential for rain to mainly mountain areas where isolated afternoon and evening light rain is possible.

Northeast Colorado may see smoke in the air Saturday from fires in Montana.

Though Monday remains hot, a cold front will begin to drop south across the area later in the day. Tuesday’s highs will be nearly 20 degrees cooler, reaching only to the low to mid-70s. Many areas will see lows in the mid- to upper 40s Tuesday night.

Heading in to later part of the week, temperatures are expected to rebound as another high-pressure system begins to move into the area.

Western Colorado

Upper 80s to low 90s are expected across western Colorado over the coming days as a high-pressure system remains in place from northern Nevada to southern Oregon. Grand Junction will be the hot spot, with highs in the mid-90s.

The potential for rain is limited, mainly over the San Juans and central mountains.

While the cold front that drops across eastern Colorado late Monday will have little impact on western temperatures, it may help bring more moisture to the southeast San Juan mountains. Most of the rest of western Colorado will remain dry.

The high-pressure system is expected to remain in place through the week, so temperatures will remain above normal for this time of year.

Weather forecast information updated throughout the day can be found at http://KiowaCountyPress.net/weather