High Fire Danger Followed By Mountain Snow

OF LIFE YOU COME FROM, WE INVITE EVERYBODY INTO THE CAFE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE EVERYBODY DESERVES A HEALTHY MEAL. >> THE CAFE ANNOUNCED TODAY IT WILL EXPAND ITS FIRST LOCATION OUT OF DENVER BY OPENING A LIBRARY IN TOLEDO, OHIO. >>> TIME TO CHECK BACK WITH FIRST ALERT METEOROLOGIST LAUREN WHITNEY. LIKE THE SYSTEM ON THE WEST SLOPE COULD BE INTENSE. >> YES, LOOKING AT THE , I SHOULD TAKE PACK A PUNCH. WINTER STORM WATCHES IN PLACE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM 7 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW FOR PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS NEAR STEAMBOAT SPRINGS ALL THE WAY THROUGH PARTS OF EAGLE OR VAIL, ASPEN, CRESTED BUTTE AND DOWN TOWARD TELLURIDE. SKI RESORTS WILL GET A GREAT SHOT OF SNOW. LET'S TIME IT OUT, STARTING FUTURECAST AT 6:30, UNTIL THEN, NOT A LOT OF ACTION EXCEPT SOME WIND. BY 6:00, THE MOISTURE ROLES IN, RAMPS UP OVERNIGHT AND STICKS WITH US THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING, A LOT OF RAIN IN AREAS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY BEFORE CHANGES OVER. FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN PLAINS WINDY AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WE SEE A LOT OF RAIN AND SNOW START THE DAY IN THE HIGH COUNTRY, DENVER HAS CHANCE OF LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING RAIN SHOWERS. NOT A GREAT CHANCE OF HEAVY RAINFALL, SOME SNOW, THE POSSIBILITY IS OUT THERE. LATE NIGHT SNOW IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO ON SUNDAY NIGHT. EARLY MONDAY MORNING, THERE'S A CHANCE SOME FOLKS ARE IN DENVER GET LIGHT FLURRIES, MAYBE A FEW AREAS WITH MINOR ACCUMULATION. WE DON'T EXPECT MUCH. IT MAY STAY ON THE RAINY SIDE OF THE PRACTICE TO GET COOL ENOUGH SATELLITE AND RADAR RIGHT NOW, EXCEPT IF YOU CLOUDS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE, VERY QUIET. THERE'S A SYSTEM TO THE NORTH, WAITING FOR THAT HEAD OUR WEIGHT AND PLOW THROUGH COLORADO AND BRING BIG CHANGES. AHEAD OF THAT, WINDY AND GUSTY FROM CRAIG THROUGH STEAMBOAT, ESTES PARK DOWN IN SOUTHERN COLORADO. A LITTLE BUMPY AT DIA WE DO HAVE RED FLAG WARNINGS IN PLACE THROUGH 6:00 TONIGHT. NORTHERN COLORADO AND PARK COUNTY AND SOUTHERN COLORADO AS WELL. LET'S CHECK IN WITH TEMPERATURES. VERY WARM, 78 IN DIA AND DOWNTOWN. RIGHT NOW 75, 70 IN GREELEY, 70s, 80s ON THE EASTERN PLAINS. 50s, 60s IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. 72 FROM WEATHER WATCHER RON FROM SOUTHWEST LINDEN TREE. CHECKING TEMPERATURES TOMORROW, REALLY WARM, 60s AND 70s TO THE WEST, 50s, 60s IN THE HIGH COUNTRY, 77 IN DENVER, 75 IN GREELEY. EASTERN PLAINS IN THE 70s AND LOW TO MID-80s. IT MAY NOT BE UNTIL MONDAY WE GET A BIGGER COOLDOWN FOR THE FAR EASTERN PART OF THE STATE. ON SATURDAY, VERY WINDY AHEAD OF THAT, TALK ABOUT RED FLAG WARNINGS TODAY, ON SATURDAY MORE OF THOSE, INCLUDES PARTS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, ADAMS, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE INTO THE NORTHEAST AS WELL. VERY WINDY, WESTERN SIDE OF THE STATE HAS WIND ADVISORIES AND HIGH WIND WATCHES IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY, 50 TO 70 MILE AN HOUR GUSTS. REALLY INTENSE WIND COMING OUR WAY, BE VERY CAUTIOUS OUTSIDE, COULD SEE RAIN BUT AFTERNOON IN DENVER FOR THE BRONCOS GAME, VERY WINDY. MONDAY, 40 DEGREES, WE COULD SEE THE FIRST FREEZE ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY, A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT SPRINKLERS TO TURN OFF THE OUTDOOR WATER, DRAIN THE PIPES OR HOSES. YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO BLOW OUT THE FULL SYSTEM THIS WEEK BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN SO WARM, THE GROUND FAIRLY WARM, SOMETHING TO HAVE IN YOUR RADAR TO GET DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR. NEXT WEEK IS A LOT