Colorado Weather: A frigid night before weekend warming

DENVER(CBS)-  After Thursday nights blast of snow skies cleared out quickly by mid-day on Friday. With the clear skies temps will take a deep dive before a weekend warm up. Friday's high temps only made it into the 20s for most of eastern Colorado.

Friday night will see bitter cold again for most areas with Radiational Cooling taking over. Any bit of heat we gained with the afternoon sunshine will be lost as heat radiates back into space.

This will send temperatures down into the single digits around the Front Range.

A few spots will drop below zero in the mountain valleys and a few spots on the plains.

Starting on Saturday a warming ridge of high pressure will work into the area and bring in a mild pattern thru Tuesday.

Highs on Saturday will get back into the 40s for many lower elevations and even warmer than that on Sunday.