Friday's weather is going to be gorgeous around Colorado Springs, but starting Saturday big changes are happening and the mercury will fall along with the temperatures and rain.

It’s going to be a cold, wet weekend in Colorado as rain showers and thunderstorms move in on the metro area and the mountains prepare for snow, according to the National Weather Service. Friday will be the last day of above-normal temperatures and dry conditions before thunderstorms and snowy weather hit Colorado on Saturday,

Colorado’s first fall weekend could be cool, soggy and snowy in some areas. A low-pressure storm system packing moisture from the Gulf of California is developing over the Southwest desert and tracking toward the state,