DENVER — Starting tonight, a quick-moving weather system will bring some light snow to the northern Colorado mountains, especially along and north of the I-70 corridor. Most of the snow will fall late tonight into Monday morning, with totals between 1 and 4 inches, and locally up to 6 inches in higher areas like the Park Range. Strong winds will also create blowing snow across higher mountain passes, which could make travel over those areas tricky for early Monday. On the plains, things will stay dry overnight, but it will start getting windy by morning.
If you're commuting Monday morning, especially from areas north of I-70, you might run into some minor travel impacts due to that mountain snow. While nothing major is expected on the roads, keep in mind that visibility could be reduced in the high country thanks to blowing snow. Wind will be a bigger story on Monday, especially for the foothills and plains from Boulder County southward, where gusts between 45 and 55 mph, and even a few up to 60 mph, are possible. Some of the higher mountain peaks could see gusts up to 80 mph. It's a setup for blowing dust, downed branches, and definitely elevated fire danger.
The wind calms down quite a bit Monday night into Tuesday as dry, west-northwest flow moves in. Temperatures will stay seasonal, with highs in the 60s across northeast Colorado. If you didn’t get a freeze this past weekend, there's a good chance you will by Tuesday morning, so it might be time to bring in or cover sensitive plants just in case.
Looking ahead to Wednesday and Thursday, we’ll see mild and quiet weather most of the day Wednesday as a ridge builds in. But by late Wednesday night and into Thursday, another system rolls in—this one bringing the potential for mountain snow and a better shot at rain across the Palmer Divide and areas south of Denver toward Limon. Temperatures will cool off a bit with this system, likely dipping below seasonal averages on Thursday.
By Friday, things start to dry out again, with temps bouncing back to near normal. The weekend looks breezy, especially in the mountains, as stronger westerly winds develop. We might even see another chance for mountain snow by Sunday, while the plains remain mostly dry and warmer than average.
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