It’s going to be a cold, wet weekend in Colorado as rain showers and thunderstorms move in on the metro area and the mountains prepare for snow, according to the National Weather Service. Friday will be the last day of above-normal temperatures and dry conditions before thunderstorms and snowy weather hit Colorado on Saturday,

Colorado will go from warm and sunny with temperatures nearing 90 degrees on Friday to chances for rain and snow over the weekend.

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Colorado’s first fall weekend could be cool, soggy and snowy in some areas. A low-pressure storm system packing moisture from the Gulf of California is developing over the Southwest desert and

An active weather pattern will move through Colorado this weekend bringing a taste of autumn in Denver for the first day of fall and the first accumulating snow of the season in the mountains.