Mild With Wind East, Wind With Snow West
DENVER (CBS4) - Our weekend weather pattern is bringing in strong westerly winds across the central Rockies. This will bring dramatically different weather to the west and mountains compared to the eastern half of Colorado.
For Denver and the eastern plains the westerly winds will be warming temperatures to above normal levels. In fact, the Mile High City wi make it at or close to 60 degrees with mostly sunny skies.
Winds will weaken very little heading into Sunday and Monday. It is the gusty, chinook wind that is delivering the warming trend. There will be a big push of moisture into the state Monday into Wednesday. This will bring lots of snow into the mountains for a few days. There is a Winter Storm Watch in effect for all of the western mountains for that time period. Some spots may see 1 to 2 feet of snow.
This next system may produce a little mix of rain and snow in Denver on Tuesday morning.
Meteorologist Dave Aguilera is a Colorado native and has been forecasting weather in the Rocky Mountain region for over 25 years! Connect with Dave on Facebook and on Twitter @DaveAgCBS.
