Denver’s four-day run of snowy, unseasonably cold days is coming to an end, the National Weather Service said Sunday.
The metro region had a 20 percent chance of snow Sunday night, with lows in the mid-20s before midnight, but a warming trend starts across most of the state Monday.
Denver should have sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-50s for the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, forecasters said. The high temperatures are expected to reach 41 on Monday and 48 on Tuesday, before leveling off at 55 on Wednesday for the following few days.
In November, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s weather-monitoring site at Denver International Airport received 1.4 inches of snow, all of it on Nov. 18, less than half the average amount, according to weather records.
A winter storm warning remains in effect until 3 a.m. Monday in southwest Colorado, including Ouray, Telluride and the San Juan mountains. Areas could get 4 to 8 inches overnight, and higher elevations could get up to 10 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.
The mountains are expected to dry out and warm up as the week goes on.
The National Weather Service is forecasting sunny skies and highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s in Steamboat Springs, Aspen and Telluride for the end of the week.
One to 4 inches of snow were expected in El Paso and Fremont counties Sunday night. Roads, including Interstate 25, were snowpacked and icy, and the Colorado Springs Police Department was on accident alert as of about 6 p.m.
Six more Colorado ski slopes will open for the holiday weekend: Steamboat Springs, Beaver Creek and Crested Butte on Wednesday; Telluride on Thursday; Purgatory on Friday; and Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs on Saturday. Eleven opened previously — Arapahoe Basin, Aspen Mountain, Copper Mountain, Eldora, Loveland, Monarch, Snowmass, Winter Park, Wolf Creek, Vail and Keystone.
