Denver residents face turbulent weather Friday with patchy freezing fog and wind gusts, leading to sunny, warm spells ahead of likely evening rain and snow, according to the National Weather Service.
But clear skies now and then at night could allow glimpses of the northern lights in dark areas away from urban light pollution, weather service forecasters said. To have a chance of seeing those lights, residents would have to leave metro Denver to escape bright lights and glare.
“We’ve seen reports of visible Aurora as far south as the Colorado Springs area,” the National Weather Service said in a tweet.
On Friday, the high temperature in Denver is expected to approach 50 degrees, the weather service said. On Saturday, snow is likely, mostly before noon, with a high temperature of around 39 degrees, forecasters said.
Less than an inch of snow is likely to stick, the weather service said. Wind at speeds around 15 miles per hour may gust at up to 23 mph through the weekend.
On Sunday, the high temperature in metro Denver is expected to hit 43 degrees.
In Colorado’s mountains, snow was expected to increase late Friday and into Saturday.
Heavier snow of up to 5 inches is possible in some areas with storms spreading down from the mountains to Front Range high plains, forecasters said, acknowledging “uncertainty” about likely amounts.
