Weather Advisory is active through 5 p.m. Thursday for the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Wet Mountains, upper Rio Grande Valley and eastern San Juan Mountains, NWS forecasters said.

Portions of southwestern Colorado will see nearly a foot of snow this week with some potential for snow south and east of Denver by Wednesday night into Thursday, according to NWS forecasters.

Friday will see plenty of early sunshine as seasonal highs return. Light snow moves in for Saturday, meaning a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day has been issued in the Denver weather forecast.