The powerful arctic blast that arrived in Colorado on Friday will bring its coldest temperatures yet to the state overnight Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
Temperatures will hover in the single digits above and below zero across the Front Range and Eastern Plains, but overnight wind chills will make it feel as cold as minus 30, .
The advisory, active until 9 a.m. Tuesday, covers Larimer, Weld, Boulder, Jefferson, Broomfield, Douglas, Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Morgan, Lincoln, Logan, Washington, Sedgwick and Phillips counties.
Forecasters said the dangerously cold wind chills expected across central and northern Colorado overnight will cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
Colorado’s mountains are under an Extreme Cold Watch, one step above the Cold Weather Advisory, . Monday temperatures will range from minus 15 to minus 40, with wind chills up to 50 degrees below zero expected.
The watch’s forecast area includes Aspen, Breckenridge, Vail, Granby, Walden and Colorado Springs.
A fresh wave of snow also dusted the Denver area Sunday night, but snow totals were not available Monday morning.
The city will see temperature highs near 6 degrees on Monday, which will feel like minus 20 with wind chill, before dropping close to 10 below zero overnight, .
Denver temperatures will warm up Tuesday, peaking around 40 degrees after a bitterly cold morning, and stay in the 40s and 50s through Friday, according to forecasters.
