Relatively warm overnight temperatures hovering around 37 degrees has so far staved off snow in the Denver metro area.
“It doesn’t look like we’re going to get any snow in Denver,” said Bernie Meier, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Boulder. “For the most part, the storm has pushed off to the East already.”
Although the moisture was expected to drop as much as an inch of snow in the Denver metro area, it looks like only a few snowflakes will be mixed in with rain, Meier said early Tuesday.
Snow accumulations in the mountains were also less than anticipated, with 2 inches falling at Copper Mountain, A-Basin and Breckenridge. Some locations saw more snow, including Vail, which had 5 inches, and Beaver Creek, where 4 inches has fallen. Ski resorts in southwest Colorado received larger amounts of snow including Purgatory, which had 10 inches of new snow in the last 24 hours, Meier said.
Rain will continue to fall in the metro area through the morning, before moving out onto the Eastern plains earlier than previously expected, Meier said.
A north wind will gust up to 20 mph. The high temperature Tuesday is expected to reach around 44 degrees. The temperature will drop to around 26 degrees overnight.
Sunshine, with temperatures around 52 degrees, will make it easier to reach pre-Thanksgiving destinations on Wednesday. It will be around 27 degrees Wednesday night.
It will be sunny with a high of 44 on Thanksgiving day, according to the NWS.
Forecasters predict sunny weather on Black Friday with a high of 54 degrees.
Although clear skies are anticipated through the weekend and Monday, temperatures will drop.
The high temperature is expected to be 56 degrees on Saturday, 43 on Sunday and 37 degrees on Monday.
