Denver weather: Mountain snow on Saturday could clip Denver this afternoon

Snow successful the mountains is expected to spill onto the Eastern Plains this afternoon, and the metro country has a flimsy accidental of getting immoderate p.m. precipitation.

In Denver connected Saturday there’s a accidental of rainfall and snowfall earlier 2 p.m., turning to rainfall until 3 p.m., and past backmost to a imaginable premix of rainfall and snow, according to the National Weather Service. Skies volition beryllium mostly cloudy and the precocious somesthesia successful the metropolis volition deed astir 42 degrees with a 20% accidental of precipitation.

Up to 4 inches of snowfall is expected successful immoderate upland areas connected Saturday with up to 6 inches of snowfall northbound of Rabbit Ears Pass, the upwind work said. Roads volition beryllium slick and drivers should expect wintry conditions. The snowfall that spills onto the plains this day volition beryllium chiefly on and southbound of Interstate 70. The Palmer Divide could spot astir an inch of snowfall accumulation.

Tonight successful Denver there’s a 10% accidental of snowfall earlier 7 p.m. and the debased somesthesia volition driblet to astir 17 degrees, the upwind work said.

On Sunday successful Denver skies volition beryllium sunny with a precocious somesthesia adjacent 40 degrees. Monday volition beryllium sunny with a precocious of astir 47 degrees, according to the NWS forecast. Dry upwind and seasonably mild temperatures, with highs successful the 50s, are expected done overmuch of the upcoming week successful Denver.