Denver has a few more warm days ahead, though high temperatures are expected to slip into the 50s though next Monday. The sunshine and warmth is a stark contrast to near-blizzard conditions in the mountains and southeast plains, the National Weather Service said tonight.
The low temperature overnight in Denver might only fall to 40 degrees, forecasters said.
Though warm and sunny, conditions are expected to be windy along the Front Range until chances of rain or light snow pop up in this weekend.
In the high country, a winter weather advisory is in effect from midnight tonight to midnight Thursday.
With up to 8 inches of snow forecast, wind gusts up to 75 mph could create near white-out conditions at times in the northern mountains, according to the National Weather Service.
Roads could be icy and snowpacked, as well. The area could see sustained southwest of 15 to 30 mph.
A blizzard warning is in effect until 9 p.m. Thursday in San Juan and La Garita mountains above 10,000 feet, and in the the eastern Sawatch above 11,000 feet.
The area could see between 4 inches and a foot of new snow with winds between 35 and 50 mph and gusts up to 75, the National Weather Service said.
Dry windy conditions in southeast plains will cause a “red flag” fire-danger warning from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday.
The warning includes southern El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano, western Las Animas, Crowley, Otero, eastern Las Animas, Kiowa, Bent, Prowers and Baca counties.
Wind gusts up to 40 mph are possible, the National Weather Service said.
Dry fuels and high winds mean a wildfire could spread rapidly, forecasters warned.
