Forecast: snow, wind, and bitter cold

Get out and enjoy your Saturday tomorrow because as it stands things are going to change in a hurry come Sunday. Models have come into a little more agreement since yesterday's post, and are showing a bit more snow for the metro area than previously thought. Thus the National Weather Service has issued a *winter storm watch* for most of northeastern Colorado from Sunday afternoon into Monday morning. A watch means the potential is there for a significant winter storm in the region. I would expect the watch to get replaced with advisories and warnings if the forecast stays on track over the next 24 hours or so. As for snow amounts... Forecast models are putting out anywhere from 2 to 12 inches, so going forecasts have compromised and are going with 5 - 10 for Denver. Will wait to see how things shape up in the next day or so before being too sure which end we will end up on.

Maybe the bigger story will be the cold. Temperatures will plummet Sunday and will likely stay well below freezing until at least Wednesday, maybe Thursday. Tuesday's high may not get out of the single digits.