Snow began falling along the Front Range Thursday morning, creating hazardous conditions that likely led to several traffic accidents.
Flakes began to fall in downtown Denver around 11 a.m. and although the streets are wet, so far there has been no accumulation.
Winds from the north and northeast will gust up to about 25 mph, the National Weather Service in Boulder predicts. The high temperature Thursday will be around 40 degrees, which is 40 degrees lower than Wednesday’s record high temperature of 80 degrees, which toppled a record set in 1941.
As much as an inch of rain or snow could fall in the Denver metro area, said Kyle Fredin, meteorologist for the NWS in Boulder. The low temperature Thursday night will be around 19 degrees.
The storm will clear out of the Denver area around 4 a.m. Friday morning, according to the forecast.
It will be mostly sunny Friday through Monday. Temperatures will rise from a high of 38 degrees on Friday, to 53 on Saturday and 62 on Sunday and Monday, the NWS says.
There is a slight chance for rain Monday night after 11 p.m. and on Tuesday.
The high temperature on Tuesday will be around 52 degrees, the NWS says. By Wednesday the temperature will rise to around 60 degrees.
