Chances of snow Thursday became more likely Monday, when forecasters increased the chance of a white Thanksgiving from 20 percent to 40 percent in the metro region.
Cold air from the Pacific Northwest could meet a low pressure cell from the southeast on the holiday, with the potential for below-freezing temperatures and a chance of light snow along the Front Range, according to the National Weather Service Office in Boulder.
Highs are expected to remain in the 40s through the weekend.
Temperatures today were in the mid and upper 60s, nearly 20 degrees above the average temperature for the date, 48 degrees.
Temperatures are expected to reach upper 60s again Tuesday and the upper 50s on Wednesday, before the cold and precipitation roll in, forecasters said.
November, the region’s second snowiest month behind March, has been exceptionally dry.
The weather monitor at Denver International Airport, on average, reports nearly 11 inches of snow. So far this month, it has received less than one-tenth of an inch.
