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Overview
- A passing cold system is keeping highs stuck in the 30s and 40s with scattered snow and graupel, the soft hail-like ice pellets that bounce on roads.
- Valley floors are seeing little or no accumulation while areas near the mountains and along the Rocky Mountain Front could get a few inches, making mountain passes slick.
- Clouds break and temperatures rise under building high pressure, bringing dry weather with highs climbing into the 50s and 60s.
- Early next week turns springlike with more sun and highs reaching the 70s to near 80 in the warmest spots.
- Another system is expected by midweek with showers and a cool-down, with a chance for thunderstorms at first and lower snow levels by late week.