Thursday in Thornton chills out, offers up some rain and snow

A passing system will mix up the weather today, returning us to winterish conditions. However, it won’t be particularly dramatic for us with the worst being to the west and northeast.

Mostly cloudy skies start us off and will soon give way to cloudy skies. Temperatures today are going to remain flat with a daytime high of only around 40 degrees. Winds will be picking up and out the northeast this afternoon and evening. Daytime hours bring a chance for some showers, rain and a rain / snow mix being the most likely form. No accumulation is expected during this timeframe.

Late afternoon, chances for showers increase and continue through the overnight hours. Any precipitation will change to all snow. As mentioned above, the best of the storm should stay west of I-25. For us here to the east, a trace to 2 inches will be possible overnight. Low temperatures will be in the mid-20s.