Denver is under a winter storm watch two days after the city hit 101 degrees

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(CNN) If you live in Denver, your last-minute summer plans were just canceled.

Residents of the Mile High City will go from experiencing record heat to preparing for a sudden snow storm. The city is expecting a more than 60-degree drop in daily high temperatures, from 101 degrees on Saturday to a predicted 37 degrees on Tuesday. Sunday was kind of hot too, with a high of 99.

Blasts of strong winds with cold fronts, as well as rain and snow, are expected Monday evening, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Denver/Boulder announced in a situation report.

"A drastic change in the weather will occur Monday night and Tuesday, with record or near record heat replaced by wintry conditions, snow, and record cold," NWS said . "Significant snow accumulations can be expected in the Front Range Mountains and Foothills, while the Denver metro area and I-25 Corridor may also see slushy, wet snowfall by early Tuesday morning."

A drastic change in the weather is still expected Monday night and Tuesday with an early arrival of winter! Here's the latest rundown #COwx pic.twitter.com/JuvDkcSaN4 — NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) September 5, 2020

Denver temperatures were around 90 on Monday at 2 p.m. before plummeting Monday night into Tuesday morning. A low of 35 degrees is being predicted for Monday night.

SixtyForceDemon on September 8th, 2020 at 02:30 UTC »

The murals at the Denver airport are coming true

DontAsshume on September 8th, 2020 at 01:19 UTC »

also you can't see the mountains from the foothills because wildfire smoke is so bad.

Hemicrusher on September 7th, 2020 at 23:45 UTC »

I briefly lived in Golden in the late 70's and remember that during the summer storms would come in late afternoon and dump a shit load of rain and the temp would drop pretty drastically. But this story is nuts.