Tracking Potential For Winter Storm To Hit Sunday

By Chris Spears

DENVER (CBS4) - Friday turned out to be a cool but pleasant day with partly sunny skies over the metro area most of the day. The high reached 39 officially at the airport - 5 degrees below normal - and we came in at 41 degrees downtown. For Saturday, look for more of the same: partly cloudy skies with a high in the low to mid 40s.

Next, we're watching a storm system moving out of the southwest getting to Colorado by Sunday. A Winter Weather Advisory and Winter Storm Warning are in effect for southwestern Colorado until 5pm Saturday for up to 20" of snow. Then we shift our focus to the east with a Winter Storm Watch issued for portions eastern Colorado back west to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The Denver metro area could see snow begin around midday Sunday and then snow lightly off and on right through to the Monday morning rush hour. Expect about 2 to 5 inches for the greater metro area...more farther south and east. Because this system is moving out of the southwest it will be bringing more moderate air - no bitter cold arctic air we have seen with the last few storms - so expect a wet, heavy snow. By Monday around Noon we could be back in sunshine and reach a high around 40. Sunshine and warmer Tuesday with a high in the upper 40s. Milder on Wednesday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the mid 50s!

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