A freeze warning is in effect until 8 a.m. Thursday for most of northeast Colorado and the Eastern Plains, as a spring storm continues its slow march across the state.
Colorado’s weather could remain “unsettled” through Friday night, according to the National Weather Service. Thunderstorms are expected in the mountains Thursday, with a chance of thunderstorms on the Front Range and Eastern Plains.
Between rain and snow, most of the metro area got about an inch of precipitation, according to the National Weather Service.
Denver has a chance of adding another inch overnight, forecasters said.
Friday also has a chance of showers and thunderstorms in northeast Colorado, before warm spring weather returns this weekend.
Temperatures below freezing overnight will grip an area from Pueblo to the Wyoming state line, and east to the Kansas line.
The freeze could damage young, exposed plants, forecasters said. Plants should be moved indoors or wrapped in newspapers or blankets, they advised.
The mountains stand to pick up another 2 to 5 more inches of snow before morning. The Eastern Plains could see another inch of snow, forecasters said.
The storm delivered more than a foot in the northern foothills and central mountains, but the city got a lot of rain ahead of cold, which provided only a frosty, slushy morning in most urban areas.
Though Monday afternoon, the hills west of Loveland had received about 18 inches of snow, Estes Park almost 2 feet and Nederland received more than foot.
The foothills along Interstate 70 received between 2 and 5 inches of precipitation in snow and rain, causing accidents and traffic delays during this morning.
Westbound lanes of I-70 in Clear Creek County shut down briefly when a local sheriff’s deputy rolled his patrol car, said Clear Creek County Sheriff Don Krueger.
The deputy was taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries, “mostly cuts and bruises,” Krueger said.
A jackknifed semi-truck reduced eastbound I-70 to one lane near Silver Plume a short time later.
Forecasters urged travelers to use caution this evening as temperatures fall, which might leave patches of ice or snowpack.
