The weather on Saturday will be partly-to-mostly sunny with comfortable temperatures heading into the upper 30s by early afternoon. Lather on the sunscreen!

Then a weak storm to the north of Colorado should bring a few flakes between Saturday sunset and Sunday sunrise. My forecast is for a coating to 1 inch, and perhaps we’ll get a touch more than this if we’re lucky and we get a stronger cell to track over Copper.

Following this system, the weather on Sunday and Monday will be cooler with highs in the 20s, and dry weather will return through about Friday, January 5th.

Starting on Saturday, January 6th, more active weather should hit the western US and there will be chances for snow through the second week of January, though details on the timing and amount of any snow are still elusive.

Thanks for reading and expect my next update on Sunday morning.

JOEL GRATZ, Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com