DENVER — THE FORECAST BY: Meteorologist Chris Bianchi
FORECAST AT A GLANCE:
While it's cloudy and cold again today with periodic drizzle and a few snowflakes at times, the story will be the snow that's on its way for tonight. Highs will be lucky to squeak into the low-to-mid 40s in Denver today, while the mountains will be considerably warmer. The air mass behind today's cloudy and cold weather is shallow, and it can't travel up and over the mountains, hence the huge range in temperatures between the mountains the metro area!
A secondary cold front moves through later this afternoon, and that'll bring us a reinforcing shot of both moisture and cold air. That'll set the stage for snow tonight, startling likely after 6 or 7 p.m. It'll be heavy at times, especially within narrow bands of heavier snow. Those narrow bands will be the result of the jet stream being overhead, and that often creates small slivers of heavier accumulation.
Most of the metro area will probably see between 1-4 inches of accumulation, with a slightly higher chance for higher totals south and west of downtown Denver, as usual. The foothills will get a bit more, especially above 7,000' in elevation (think Evergreen, Conifer, Bailey).
The majority of the snow will be done by sunrise on Saturday morning, but it'll stay mainly gray with a chance for light rain or snow through the day. Highs will be stuck in the 40s again on Saturday.
But if you're looking for more of a spring-like feel, you'll get it...on Sunday. Skies clear overnight Saturday into Sunday, and that'll warm us up near 70 for Sunday. We'll really warm up for Monday, with highs near 75. Most of next week looks warm and sunny with a few storm chances, especially on Tuesday.
Before the warmup, though, we'll need to use those snow shovels again. Stay warm tonight and tomorrow and a true feel of spring isn't too far away!
FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy and cool, with drizzle and light rain and/or graupel developing in the afternoon, high 44; mostly cloudy with snow overnight, low 30.
SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy and cool, with scattered rain showers and snow showers (mainly early), high 45; mostly cloudy overnight, low 30.
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny and warmer with a very slight chance for a shower, high 68; partly cloudy overnight, low 32.
MONDAY: Mostly sunny and warm, high 74; partly cloudy overnight, low 44.
TUESDAY: Partly cloudy and warm with afternoon showers and storms, high 64; partly cloudy overnight, low 40.
WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and storms in the afternoon, high 77; partly cloudy overnight, low 45.
THURSDAY: Partly cloudy, breezy and mild, high 79; partly cloudy overnight, low 46.
FRIDAY: Turning mostly cloudy with a chance for afternoon storms, high 70; mostly cloudy overnight, low 43.
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