Denver weather: More clouds ahead of rain and snow

DENVER (KDVR) — Clouds will increase throughout the day on Wednesday with mild temperatures, however, a change is coming. Rain and snow arrive Thursday into Friday in the Denver weather forecast.

Weather today: Building clouds

Clouds will slowly increase on Wednesday with a small chance for a mountain snow shower and an evening sprinkle along the plains.

Highs on Wednesday will be above average in the upper 50s.

Weather tonight: Cloudy skies

Clouds continue to increase through Wednesday night with mild lows that dip into the lower 30s.

Looking ahead: Rain and snow before a weekend warmup

Thursday has cloudy skies and cooler temperatures in the upper 40s.

Snow will arrive after noon on Thursday in the mountains and foothills, with rain showers in the Front Range in the early evening.

Denver will see a swap to snow overnight and into Friday morning. Snow will then taper off into early Friday afternoon with minimal accumulation in the metro. Denver could see an inch or two, but some of that accumulation will melt.

The foothills have a winter storm watch in effect and could see 3-11 inches of accumulation.

The Palmer Divide could see 2-4 inches of snow.

The morning commute on Friday could be slick in spots.

More melting continues over the weekend with mostly sunny skies on Saturday as highs hit the low 50s.

Sunday is even warmer with temperatures in the low 60s with mainly sunny skies. Don’t forget to turn your clocks forward on Sunday morning.

The abundant sunshine sticks around for the start of next week with highs staying in the lower 60s.