Colorado will have a long stretch of below freezing and below-zero wind chills, with several inches of snow likely as well.

A polar vortex will plunge Colorado into bitter, sub-zero cold this weekend and could bring up to 10 inches of snow in some parts of the Denver metro, National Weather Service meteorologists say.

Here are the lowest temperatures across Colorado on Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

Colorado will see its coldest temperatures of the winter as a mass of cold air descends on the state from the Artic. But despite the bitter cold, this weather event is not a polar vortex.

However, things are expected to improve Tuesday; temperatures should to climb back toward 40 along the Front Range, as the polar vortex releases its grip. Still, several Colorado school districts ...

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