Scattered showers to continue into early Tuesday morning

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KUSA - After a couple of rounds of heavy rain washed over the metro area on Monday, another wave of scattered showers could douse the Front Range by early Tuesday morning.

A cool front rapidly approaching Colorado from the north brought the new round of storms Monday, some of which meant another round of heavy showers.

Heavy rain in Denver caused some minor street flooding at Logan and Colorado Avenue.

A tornado was spotted about 7 miles northwest of Limon around 6 p.m., but no damage was reported.

There was also ¾ inch hail in Evergreen and 1.75 inch hail near Arriba in Lincoln County. Wind gusts in Fort Collins reached 64 mph.

According to 9NEWS Chief Meteorologist Kathy Sabine, northwesterly winds in the upper levels of atmosphere are the reason for the cloudy and wet weather pattern. Typically the upper-level winds are from the southwest during the summer in Colorado. This type of wind flow is frequently called the "summer monsoon." Our current northwest pattern is more characteristic of winter.

An unseasonably strong cold front is moving in from the north and - along with ushering in abundant moisture, which will remain in place for scattered showers Monday and Tuesday - an unseasonably cool air mass will also move in.

Afternoon temperatures for the next couple of days will hold in the lower to middle 70s which is very unusual for July considering our average high for this time of year is 89 degrees!

Isolated severe storms may be embedded within the flow and so while many areas will see heavy rain some areas could see gusty winds and hail.

The 9NEWS Weather Team expects a pattern of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms to continue through much of this week.