Patients across the country including some in Colorado are learning their non-emergency surgeries have been canceled amid a national IV shortage.

The high country will be getting a taste of winter this weekend, potentially seeing as much as 2 feet of snow in some of our southern mountains.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its winter outlook, which predicts a drier winter in Colorado.

While it won’t be a winter wonderland in the metro area this week, Colorado’s mountains could get up to three feet of snow by Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Southwestern Colorado’s San Juan Mountains could see between 1 and 3 feet of snow between Friday and Sunday,

The Buffs fell to Kansas State in Boulder and Arizona was blown out by the surging BYU Cougars. Colorado now stands 4-2 overall (2-1 Big 12) while Arizona sits 3-3 (1-2 Big 12). Head coach Deion Sanders and the Buffs are on the national stage once more with Saturday's Week 8 game scheduled for 2 p.

Colorado might have lost to Kansas State last week, but it was a close fight, the team is playing well despite all of its flaws, and it's still in the mix for the Big 12 title if it can pull this off.

Arizona has lost consecutive games for the first time in a year, falling at home to Texas Tech and then at BYU. But now comes a chance for a win streak to get built, with the next two games back in Tucson starting with Saturday’s battle against Colorado.