Colorado has one more brutally cold night — and one more painfully chilly morning — ahead before the mercury begins a swift climb back into the normal range.
Much of the high country will remain under an Extreme Cold Warning until 9 a.m. Tuesday. Wind chills could make temperatures at higher elevations feel as cold as 35 to 50 degrees below zero. In those conditions, ten minutes is all it can take for exposed skin to develop frostbite.
In Southern Colorado and along the eastern edge of the state, the Extreme Cold Warning won’t lift until 11 a.m. Residents are warned to bundle up with care if they have to go out and watch out for freezing pipes overnight…