A California low is moving across the southwest and will be pushing into the southern Rockies Wednesday into Thursday, bringing snow to the Rocky Mountain region.

A Pinpoint Weather Alert Day has been issued as light snow returns on Thursday morning despite overall warmer temperatures for the Denver weather forecast.

Flights landing Saturday night at Denver International Airport unwittingly helped trigger the formation of ice crystals in a cloud layer just above the ground, producing a bit of snow — though it was mostly light and did not accumulate.

Several inches of light, fluffy snow are blanketing Colorado. Denver saw impressive totals just ahead of Saturday morning travel.

Denver's weather will have plenty of sunshine and mild highs on Wednesday, as some light snow pushes in across the southern border.

Snow across parts of the Denver metro area Thursday morning

An incoming snowstorm could make for a difficult Thursday morning commute across metro Denver, according to the National Weather Service. Updated forecasts show up to 1 inch of snow per hour falling along the Palmer Divide,

After a warmer week, the Denver weather forecast is set to turn colder again this weekend with a return of light snow.

Thursday will be a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day due to the possibility of snow accumulating during the morning commuting hours in areas to the south and east of Denver.