Aldis Strautins, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said snow was falling Thursday in the mountains near Cortez.
“Snow will increase in the mountains tonight at 8,500 feet and above,” Strautins said.
Expect snow Friday morning, with rain during the day if temperatures reach the upper 40s, Strautins said.
There is a 40 percent chance of precipitation on Friday, with a 60 percent chance of snow Friday night.
Another system will roll into the Four Corners on Saturday and Sunday with another chance of precipitation.
Saturday and Saturday night another front coming through.
“I think it will get to your area, but I don’t know how much snow it will bring,” Strautins said.
And on Sunday night into Monday morning, it looks like it will get into the single digits.
The temperatures will continue to drop down into the teens early next week.
Our mountain ranges helped block the cold that had our northern neighbors shivering at below zero temperatures, Strautins said.
Daytime highs will be in the 40s next week, he added.
The wind chill made it feel as cold as 40 below in parts of the Rockies.
The actual temperature in Laramie, Wyo., minus 24 Thursday morning although the wind chill ranged from negative 30 to 40 in the area. Denver was at minus 5, but it felt more like negative 17 with the wind.
Nearly all of Montana was reporting below-zero temperatures Thursday morning. Wind chill readings reached minus 34 in Gillette and 33 below in Butte.
It’s the coldest day yet since the remnants of an Alaskan typhoon surged in Monday. A slight but welcome warm up is ahead. The high in Denver is expected to break into the double digits and hit around 20 as a snowstorm with relatively milder air from the west moves in.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
