Cold Wave Pushing In Arctic Air and Snow

By Ed Greene

DENVER (CBS4) - The combination of a strong moisture packed jet stream, a deep , low pressure trough and cold Arctic air will be making for a wintry change over all of Colorado. The mountains will see plenty of snow and at time it will be heavy: 1-2" per hour rates and at times approaching 3" an hour.

In Denver the highs will go down in the record books as being in the 40s...but they occurred very early min the morning just before the cold air moved in - we spent the afternoon in the 20s.

Tonight the snow will develop over the front range and greater metro area late tonight and fall off and on all through the night and into Saturday morning - expect between 2 and 5 inches by the time the snow moves out.

And it will move out quickly, with sunshine returning by Saturday afternoon...but the cold stays with us with a high on Saturday right around 5 degrees.

Sunday will be sunny and not quite as cold - look for a high in the mid to upper 20s for that Bronco game. Then a quick warm-up: mostly sunny Monday with a high in the low 40s; partly cloudy and into the low 50s by Tuesday; partly cloudy Wednesday, high in the upper 40s.

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