TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy. A low in the mid 20s. Light southwest winds.

TOMORROW: Scattered snow showers or flurries northern areas with up to an inch or two higher terrain. Partial clearing late. A high near 35. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

THURSDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow showers or flurries A low around 20. Light west winds picking up toward dawn.

FRIDAY: Partly to mostly cloudy & blustery. Scattered snow showers or snow squalls exiting in the afternoon with increasing sunshine. Colder. A high in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 25 mph lowering wind chills.

Looking Further ahead…

FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear and frigid. A low around zero.

SATURDAY: Partly to mostly sunny but cold. A couple mountain flurries. A high around 20.

SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy. A rising chance for accumulating snow later in the day. A low 5 above to 5 below. A high in the mid 20s.

MONDAY: Low confidence — Gray and blustery. Chance for snow…possibly several inches…followed by a period of mixed precipitation producing very slick travel ending as period of rain showers. Temperatures may spike into the low 40s.

TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy.Chance for leftover snow showers and valley flurries. A low around 20. A high around 25.

Average lows in the low 20s. Normal highs mid 30s

(Confidence factor: 5 = Good predictability 1 = shaky modeling lowered confidence)

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