The Fourth of July is starting mostly sunny and warm in metro Denver, but a few fireworks in the form of thunder storms are expected to develop in the afternoon.

There will be afternoon storm chances each day for the holiday weekend. The good news is the storms will be widely scattered along the Front Range.

Hot and mostly dry weather continues across Denver and the Front Range through midweek. Thunderstorm chances increase Thursday and linger through the Fourth of July weekend. In detail: We're in for more hot weather across the Denver area today,