More light snow is expected this afternoon in the Denver metro area, where up to an inch could fall, and in the mountains, where a couple inches may fall, according to Scott Entrekin, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Boulder.
The statewide snowpack is 128 percent of the 30-year average.
Overnight Friday, an Englewood home caught fire after it was struck by lightning during an electrically charged snowstorm that experts say is unusual this early in winter.
A gas meter at the home at 3329 S. Pennsylvania St. was hit by lightning at 9:35 p.m. Friday and burst into flames, said Brad Johnson, a spokesman for the Englewood Police Department.
Electrical storms combined with snow are not unheard of, but they normally happen at the end of winter or beginning of spring, Entrekin said.
A band of cold air on top of warmer air caused unsteady atmospheric conditions, he said.
Thunder and lightning also are often obscured by thick snow clouds.
