TODAY: Intervals of sunshine away from the mountains & blustery. Scattered flurries with a risk of a heavier snow shower. Accumulation up to an inch. Colder. Temperatures in the low to mid 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 25 mph lowering wind chills with some blowing and drifting.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear and frigid. A low zero to 5 above. Light northwest winds.

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

Looking Further ahead…

SATURDAY NIGHT: Scattered clouds or mostly clear. A low 5 above to 5 below.

SUNDAY: Sunshine becoming filtered through high clouds. Mostly cloudy late. Temperatures rebound into the mid 20s.

MONDAY: Gray skies. Light to possibly moderate accumulating snow likely. Accumulation of 2 to locally 4” with slick travel . A low around 20. A high in the low 30s.

TUESDAY: Chance for snow accumulating showers early exiting to intervals of sunshine away from the mountains.A low in the upper teens. A high around 25.

WEDNESDAY:Mostly cloudy. Chance for snow showers or flurries. A low in the 20s. A high in the low to mid 30s.

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

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

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