The potential for showers and thunderstorms returns to western Kiowa County Sunday afternoon, and increases to county-wide during the evening hours.

The day starts off with mostly sunny with light wind out of the north, shifting to the south later in the day. Gusts could reach 15 mile per hour. High temperatures are expected to reach the low 80s before falling to the mid-50s overnight.

Arlington and Haswell have a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5:00 p.m. Eads could also see late-day thunderstorms. Sunday night, the potential for storms remains low, but spreads across Kiowa County. Less than one-tenth inch of rain could fall for most areas, though higher amounts are possible where thunderstorms do form.

Thunderstorm potential returns Monday, with storms likely Monday night that could produce between 0.25 and 0.50 inches of precipitation. Storms are also likely Tuesday afternoon.

Currently, KiowaCountyPress.net Live Weather from downtown Eads shows [weather:currwinddir] wind at [weather:currwindspeed] mph. Saturday, winds were gusting to 18 mph during mid-morning, and 17 mph late in the afternoon and early evening hours. The temperature is [weather:currtemp], with [weather:currrain] inches of rain so far today. Yesterday, 0.19 inches of rain was recorded in Eads, with a high of 89. The strongest wind gust since midnight was [weather:todaymaxwindspeed] mph, while the high temperature for the day so far was [weather:todayhightemp] at [weather:todayhightemptime].

Elsewhere in Colorado, flood potential from mountain snowmelt continues in the south central mountains and the southwest part of the state. Streams and rivers are running high and could be dangerous.

Weather information updated throughout the day is available at http://weather.KiowaCountyPress.net.