Snow has been pounding parts of the Colorado mountains and closing mountains passes.
But in Denver today, there will likely be only about 1 or 2 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service, and skies are forecast to be sunny on Tuesday.
It’s a different story in the mountains, where relentless snow and strong southwest winds have resulted in an “extreme” avalanche warning for mountains north, east and west of Crested Butte, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
The center has also posted a “high” warning for avalanche danger for mountains around Aspen and Leadville, and further south for a wide area of the San Juan Mountains south of Gunnison and north of Pagosa Springs.
Today Denver will be mostly cloudy and the high temperature should top out at about 36 degrees, the weather service reports.
The weather service has posted a snow advisory through 6 p.m. today for the central mountains and snow is expected to spread from the mountains onto the plains this afternoon, mainly along and south of I-70.
The Colorado State Patrol briefly closed the interstate at the Eisenhower Tunnel for avalanche control, but all lanes had reopened by 11:00 a.m. today.
The snow will diminish tonight as the storm system moves east and exits the state.
Tuesday’s high temperature in Denver will be about 35 degrees.
Over the weekend a Pacific storm dumped massive amounts of snow in the southwestern Colorado mountains.
Silverton and Wolf Creek ski areas reported over 40 inches of snow, according to Colorado Ski Country USA.
Crested Butte was buried in 36 inches of snow, Durango 29 inches and Snowmass 22 inches.
Snow is likely to continue in the mountains throughout the day today.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
