A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER UTAH AND COLORADO FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SURFACE WINDS WILL PICK UP SOME AS EARLY AS THURSDAY AFTERNOON BUT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS UTAH AND COLORADO WITH THE VALLEYS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 BEING FAVORED.
THESE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO KEEP TEMPERATURES RUNNING HIGH FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH SOME AREAS SEEING HIGH TEMPERATURES 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
SOME RAIN IS EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...ONCE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET ALLOWING SOME SNOW TO FALL WITH THE SAN JUANS AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BEING FAVORED THOUGH THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY SEE SOME ACCUMULATION ALSO. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 9000 FEET FRIDAY AND WILL QUICKLY DROP TO VALLEY FLOORS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ARE RUNNING ABOUT
10 DEGREES /BELOW/ NORMAL WHICH WILL BE A BIG CHANGE TO WHAT HAS BEEN SEEN THESE LAST FEW WEEKS.
SOME UNCERTAINTY DOES REMAIN INCLUDING THE TIMING OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...AND WIND SPEEDS. AS SUCH...SOME CHANGES TO THE FORECAST CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.