Denver ? Meteorologist Bernie Meier has studied the computer weather models for the World Series games in Denver next weekend and has come up with two possibilities – the weather either will be nice or not so nice.

“Can’t say for sure, not yet at least,” said Meier, who works for the National Weather Service office in Boulder. “I wish I had a crystal ball. You just never know for sure around here.”

Welcome to Denver this time of year. It could be sunny and 75 degrees one moment, a blizzard the next.

“It’s a lot more challenging to predict than, say, San Diego,” Meier said with a laugh. “There are so many more possibilities.”

The Rockies worked out in unseasonably warm weather this week in Denver as they waited for the AL championship series to wrap up. The Rockies were left with a record eight-day layoff after they swept the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLCS.

“Look at this day! It’s great,” outfielder Ryan Spilborghs said after an intrasquad scrimmage Friday. “Blue skies. A little wind. This is perfect. Maybe it will be like this?”

Not if the start of the major league season was any sort of indication.

The season kicked off with an April blizzard in Cleveland that dumped two feet on the ballpark and forced the Indians to postpone an entire four-game series with Seattle. The freakish snow storm also forced Cleveland to move a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels to Milwaukee.

Perhaps bookend snow storms to start and close the baseball season?

“We could have a blizzard,” Meier said. “But that’s not likely. You can have such a broad spectrum.”

Colorado’s players aren’t overly concerned about the possibility of cold weather. They’ll wear more layers if they have to, maybe even wool caps under their baseball caps.

“Most of us have played in bad weather,” outfielder Cory Sullivan said. “We had those early spring games in high school when it snowed. Cold weather is no big deal.”

The World Series games in Denver are scheduled for Oct. 27 and 28. There’s also a game on the 29th, if necessary.

Looking back at the weather on those dates last year – it wasn’t pretty. The region was socked by a storm on Oct. 26 that dumped 5.3 inches of snow in the area.

The next day – which, for comparison purposes, would’ve been Game 3 in Denver – the low was 26 degrees with two inches of snow still on the ground. However, two days later, the high was 71 degrees and the snow was a distant memory. That personifies Denver weather.

“It’s a roller coaster,” Meier said.

Meier’s most reliable weather models only go as far out as Friday, which still shows dry weather. However, he’s detecting disturbances in the Pacific Ocean that are moving inland.

What does that mean for Game 3 on Saturday?

“Don’t know yet,” he said. “But moisture can’t be ruled out. We can also get a cold Arctic air mass from the north, a warm, drier mass from the southwest or a southeast flow that brings moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. That’s why there’s so much variability.”

This weekend, the weather in Denver would’ve been ideal for baseball – at least for the first game anyway. The high on Saturday was supposed to be 75 degrees.