A chance of on-and-off snow is in the Denver forecast through the weekend, and the mountains should get a impressive new blanket of powder over the same period as colder weather storms in from the west.
Heavy snow dumped on the mountains this morning along the Interstate 70 corridor, with up to 8 inches in some spots, and chain restrictions were in effect at the Eisenhower Tunnel.
Loveland Pass was closed late this morning because of snow and blowing snow. It has since reopened.
The National Weather Service reports the following snow depths in the mountains today:
Berthoud Pass — 17 inches.
Georgetown (5 miles south) — 14 inches.
Winter Park (2 miles southwest) — 10.5 inches.
St. Mary’s Glacier — 11 inches.
Breckenridge — 4 inches.
In Denver, roads were wet before sunrise after rains moved through the area early this morning. Today’s high temperature should climb to about 47 degrees under partly cloudy skies, according to the National Weather Service.
In the mountains, intermittent snow should continue throughout the day and the weather service is warning travelers to be aware of blowing snow and winter conditions along the I-70 corridor.
The heaviest snowfall will occur in Summit County and along I-70 between Vail Pass and Georgetown, according to the weather service.
Snow in the mountains should intensify after midnight as another system pushes in from the west.
The deepest snow totals will accumulate west of the Continental Divide, the weather service said.
High temperatures in the mountains will not climb out of the 20s through the weekend.
Denver’s high temperature Friday is forecast to be 41 degrees, but Saturday and Sunday will be colder, with the highs topping out in the upper 20s.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com
