Colorado’s mountains are forecast to welcome New Year’s Day with a round of snow. Light snow is expected to begin falling Wednesday afternoon and evening, becoming heavier overnight and into Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.

It has been a chilly last day of 2024 and will be cold for New Year's Eve in Denver. According to Pinpoint Weather, Colorado’s Most Accurate Forecast, snow will develop on New Year's Day in the Colorado mountains.

Strong wind gusts picking up dust were expected to trigger areas of poor visibility along Colorado’s plains Monday as weather forecasters warned power outages and downed tree branches were possible across the eastern portion of the state through the day.

Denver will see sunshine and highs in the upper 50s on Sunday with high winds and fire danger on Monday, while the mountains have winter weather advisories and warnings.

Denver is under a red flag warning Monday morning and strong winds expected throughout the day will rapidly grow any fire activity, National Weather Service forecasters said. Central Colorado, including Denver,