 This is America in the Morning, beginning in the West. AccuWeather.com meteorologist Matt Rinde has the Thursday forecast. In the Intermountain West region, we will once again have some showers and thunderstorms forming, mainly over the higher elevations. The activity will be spotty, but also widespread, covering the area from the southwest through the Rockies and westward to the Sierra Nevada. A few of the storms can become gusty, and there is also a risk for some dry lightning strikes, which could start wildfires.