Colorado Weather:Windy And Warm Ahead Of Potent Winter Storm

DENVER (CBS4) - A dry weekend is expected around Colorado with breezy to windy conditions and very mild temperatures. In fact by Sunday afternoon some places along and east of Interstate 25 could flirt with new record highs.

We will have occasional bouts of mid and high-level cloud cover this weekend as a moist flow develops ahead of a winter storm that will arrive on Monday. There are several Winter Storm Watches posted for many mountain and foothill areas of the state for Monday into Tuesday.

As we start the new work and school week expect temperatures to take a 60-75 degree swing along with a chance for snow statewide. In fact the storm could even begin with a little freezing drizzle along the Front Range early Monday.

The bulk of the storm will hit the state Monday afternoon into late Tuesday morning with the potential to see several inches of snow in the mountains and enough snow to break out the shovels around metro Denver. Denver could see around 1 to 3 inches Monday afternoon and evening. Then another 1 to3 inches overnight into Tuesday afternoon.

Stay tuned for the latest forecast!