An arctic airmass will bring bitterly cold air to Colorado beginning Saturday and lasting through Monday night,” NWS forecasters said in a Hazardous Weather Alert.

Those in the Denver area should enjoy the mild weather to end the work week. Temperatures will plummet below freezing this weekend and remain there for about three days straight as an artic blast of cold air brings snow and subzero weather.

Extra clouds linger through Tuesday afternoon for the Front Range, with temperatures staying chilly in the upper 30s in the Denver weather forecast.

Denver is expanding its homeless shelter offerings Monday afternoon through Wednesday morning, as cold weather and snow threaten residents sleeping outdoors.

The little bit of flurries Colorado saw earlier in the mountains are continuing to dissipate as the state awaits a bitterly cold weekend.

An arctic blast will bring temperatures 20 to 40 degrees below average and a chance for snow. An arctic front will arrive Friday evening bringing a surge of cold air and a shift in the winds. Denver is looking at a 72+ hour period beginning Saturday with temperatures in the single digits (maybe some low teens if we are lucky) and below 0 degrees.

Denver’s cold weather shelters will be open for another week as frigid weather makes its way across the state.

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