Rain and snow could be part of both the morning and evening commutes Tuesday in the metro area and along the Front Range.
A strong cold front dropping south across the Rockies is expected to bring widespread snow to the mountains, foothills and Eastern Plains on Tuesday through Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
The cold, wet weather is stark contrast to Denver’s weather on Monday when the high temperature climbed to 79 degrees.
The low temperature Tuesday morning in Denver should be about 38 degrees, according to the weather service, and the high temperature Tuesday in the city shouldn’t be much warmer, a measly five-digit swing topping out at 42 degrees.
Rain and snow is expected to mix on and off Tuesday in Denver, with a 20 percent chance of rain, with a possible snow mix, between 5 a.m. and 11 a.m., under partly cloudy skies, the weather service said. Just rain is likely between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., then the rain and snow mix blows back into the Denver forecast for the rest of the day into the night. The chance for precipitation in Denver on Tuesday is 80 percent, although little or no accumulation is expected.
On Tuesday night, colder, dropping temperatures should pave the way for snow only after 10 p.m. with the overnight low temperature dropping to 30 degrees. The chance for precipitation overnight Tuesday in Denver is 70 percent and new snow accumulation in the city could be about a couple of inches by Wednesday morning.
Clouds should linger until mid-morning Wednesday in the city before partial clearing begins to develop. Wednesday’s high temperature in Denver is forecast to be 47 degrees.
Denver snow accumulations from the weather system should be meager, but higher amounts are expected Tuesday in the mountains and foothills, the weather service said. Higher mountain elevations south of the I-70 corridor and the Palmer Divide area could see up to 8 inches of snow. Some areas along the foothills in the urban corridor could see 3 inches of snow, the weather service reports.
On Halloween (Wednesday) evening in Denver, trick-or-treat ghouls and goblins should expect mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the lower 40s, and dropping, as the sun sets at 5:59 p.m., according to the weather service.
The cool, and at times, unsettled, weather pattern in Denver could linger through the weekend, where daytime high temperatures should not climb out of the 50s, and overnight lows are expected to remain in the 30s.
