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Very warm January day in store for Denver, but snow isn’t far behind

Tuesday’s predicted high of 61 will cool into the high 40s on Wednesday

Eric Ault, left, and his wife Heidi Ault relax on a hammock at Lions Park, in warmer than normal temperatures, on January 5, 2018 in Golden, Colorado.
RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
Eric Ault, left, and his wife Heidi Ault relax on a hammock at Lions Park, in warmer than normal temperatures, on January 5, 2018 in Golden, Colorado.
Kirk Mitchell of The Denver Post.
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It’ll be breezy and unusually warm on Tuesday in the Denver metro area.

The high temperature will be 61 degrees, or nearly 20 degrees higher than average for this time of the year, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.

Brisk southwest breezes will range from 11 to 15 mph and gust up to 23 mph. Tuesday night the low will be right at the freezing mark at 32 degrees. It could gust up to 65 mph in the foothills and mountains, according to the weather service.

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It will cool down Wednesday with a high of around 48 degrees. There’s a chance for snow and freezing drizzle between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Wednesday, according to forecasters.

New snow accumulation of less than a half inch is possible.

There’s a 40 percent chance of snow before 11 a.m. Thursday and the high won’t make it to 40 degrees, the weather service predicts.

It will be mostly sunny Friday and Saturday with high temperatures in the upper 40s and mid-50s.

There’s another chance for snow on Super Bowl Sunday. The high will only be around 35 degrees.

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