DENVER — Tonight stays quiet and mild across the Denver area and the plains. Skies remain dry, and temperatures hold onto that pleasant Thanksgiving feel. Nothing tricky overnight, just calm weather before things start to change.
Friday stays dry for most of the day on the plains, and it’ll actually warm up nicely. Denver should reach the low 60s, with slightly cooler temps elsewhere. The mountains will see winds picking up by midday, with gusts around 50 mph and increasing moisture through the afternoon. Snow showers should begin in the high country after about 2 PM, but the lower elevations stay dry until after sunset.
Late Friday night is when our first taste of winter arrives. A fast-moving cold front will push through around midnight, dropping temperatures quickly and switching any rain to snow. Snow looks light, generally 1 to 2 inches for most lower elevations, with up to 6 inches possible in the northern mountains. Any snow that falls should taper off by mid to late Saturday morning, though roads may be a bit slick for a few hours early on.
Saturday afternoon stays cold but quiet, and then clouds increase again Saturday night into Sunday as the next system approaches. This second round will mainly target the mountains with more snow developing Sunday morning and continuing through the afternoon and evening. Travel in the high country will get trickier as the day goes on, and a little of that snow may drift east onto the urban corridor and plains by late Sunday, but amounts look light again.
Monday keeps things chilly with lingering light mountain snow early. After a brief warmup Tuesday, another system approaches midweek. There’s still uncertainty in the storm’s track, but it looks like we’ll cool down again by Wednesday with another chance for light snow, and that cooler pattern may hang on through Thursday.
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