Colorado weather is around the corner. It is a tradition at this point, and this year will be no different. An arctic blast will bring temperatures 20 to 40 degrees below average and a chance for snow.

“With these arctic intrusions, it’s often times colder down in Denver than it is up in the mountains,” said National Weather Service meteorologist David Barjenbruch, adding that below-zero readings are likely across “a good chunk of the state.”

The Denver area is under a red flag warning Monday and strong winds expected throughout the day will rapidly grow any fire activity, forecasters said.

Although snow accumulations in the metro are expected to be small, higher totals are likely in the eastern plains and high country overnight Saturday into Sunday morning.

Arctic air with windchills as cold as 30 degrees below zero is set to blanket Denver, and it will bring some snow. We are still 72 hours away from the arrival of the cold arctic air, so I'll give you the forecast at a glance with everything we know to a high degree of confidence,

Bundle up, Colorado! Subzero temperatures, wind and snow are headed for Denver this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Light snow was already falling in northern Colorado’s mountains on Tuesday morning,

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

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