Denver’s unusually moderate temperatures will drop dramatically in the next two days as a storm carries steady snow to the mountains and some snow to the metro area, forecasters say.
The high temperature in Denver Tuesday topped out at an unseasonably balmy 75 degrees, just four degrees shy of the high record for the date in Denver.
On Wednesday, the high temperature in Denver is expected to reach 61, with a high of 46 on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
Denver metro residents will awake Wednesday to cloudy skies and light winds.
There’s a good chance for rain and snow Wednesday night, into Thursday morning, Kalina said. By Thursday there’s a 50 percent chance of rain and snow in the metro area.
Snow will fall, but most of it will melt off. The high temperature Wednesday through Friday will be in the 40s, Kalina said.
“There won’t be that much of an accumulation,” said Jim Kalina, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Boulder.
It will be a different story in the mountains.
Snow could start falling as early as Tuesday night in the mountains. Three inches of snow is expected Wednesday in the high country, with another 3 to 6 inches expected Wednesday night.
Another blanket of 3 to 6 inches of snow is expected Thursday in the mountains.
After the storm leaves Colorado, temperatures are expected to creep back into the 50s and 60s Saturday through Monday, Kalina said.
It should remain dry through the weekend, he said.
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