Arctic Front Blasts Through with Wet Snow High Temps Only in the 20s on Sat?!<

Though temperatures reached well into the 60s today in the Denver metro area, an Arctic cold front and associated area of low pressure will push through the region tomorrow. This will lead to temperatures 25-30 degrees colder than those on Wednesday, along with the first flakes of the season for locations below 7,000ft in the Denver metro area.

Because we saw a lot of sunshine on Wednesday, and temperatures were in the 60s, coupled with the fact that the cold front will come through the region Thursday morning as opposed to Wednesday night, I think that for locations below 6,500ft, snow will have a tough time sticking to most surfaces (perhaps even grassy ones) except during heavier bursts of snow. If snow lingers into the evening hours (questionable at this point), then I could certainly see the possibility for a quick 1-2" of snow to accumulate. However, at this point...

I think accumulations will probably be limited to around 1" on grassy & typically colder surfaces; a few spots could see closer to 2"

What I do know, however, is that that the mildest -- if you can call it that -- temperatures of the day will be during the morning hours Thursday (most likely in the low 40s), and that temperatures as the day wears on will drop to the low to mid 30s. It will be quite cold Thursday night, with overnight lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.

Another shot of re-enforcing cold air comes through the region Friday night into Saturday, which will deliver temperatures colder still: near-record cold temperatures may not make it out of the 20s for highs on Saturday with lows near 20. In addition, I expect a period of light snow from the overnight hours Friday into Saturday afternoon. It's a little too early to pin down accumulations, but amounts around 1" seem likely.