VIDEO: Late seasons snow falls in Colorado...in May? Jim Spellman reports

FROM CNN WIRES:

(CNN) - What's up with this weather?

The calendar says May 1, but it might as well be winter across the front range of the Rockies where 5 inches or more of snow will be the norm from Cheyenne south to Denver.

Much of the snow will quickly turn into a slushy mess. After all, temperatures were in the 70s on Monday.

Shorts and T-shirts at the beginning of the week. Winter jackets Wednesday.

On "Early Start" this morning, CNN's Jim Spellman on how Colorado residents are coping with a very late season snow storm.

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