Four overflow cold weather shelters are open across Denver and the city will keep them open through at least 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to Denver’s Department of Housing Stability.

It'll be night and day different around here by this weekend as we go from the sunny warmth to the deep-freeze and there'll be snowfall too...sounds like winter to me. First, we are likely headed to well below zero temperatures this weekend and early next week.

Extra clouds linger over the Mile High City with an afternoon breeze and cooler highs as snow falls in the high country in the Denver weather forecast.

Traffic is expected to be impacted along major highways, with northern Colorado towns even more likely to experience bitter cold conditions.

Abundant sunshine is back across all of Colorado on Friday before some changes arrive for the weekend in the Denver weather forecast.

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.

Dangerously cold in Denver this weekend

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.

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,

Sunny skies are back on Wednesday, and comfortable conditions continue. The Denver weather forecast has above-average temperatures by Thursday afternoon.