Late-night snow Monday and overnight low temperatures dropping into the teens, and lower, in the Denver metro area could mean a tricky commute for drivers on Tuesday morning.
Drivers should expect snow-packed roads and slick spots in some areas Tuesday morning, even though snowfall will likely have come to a stop well before sunrise.
Snow is expected to taper off from north to south at about midnight, but some metro areas could be blanketed in up to 6 inches of fresh accumulation before the system moves out early Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service said.
Most areas along and west of I-25 have had 1-2" of snow and have slushy roads. Snow will decrease north of Denver by 11 PM, with 1/2 inch per hour snowfall continuing from Denver south and west, decreasing in those areas in the early morning hours.
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
At about 9 p.m Monday in Denver, snow was falling and the temperature was 23 degrees with 99% humidity. The wind chill was 14 degrees.
Denver, Boulder and the western suburbs were expecting 3 to 6 inches of snow from the latest round of stubborn, wintry weather. Denver International Airport is also among the locales covered by a winter weather advisory that will expire at 2 a.m. Tuesday, according to the weather service.
On Monday night, Aurora, Broomfield, Castle Rock and Wheat Ridge were among local cities to go on “accident alert” because of the snow and adverse driving conditions.
MORE: Here’s a look at the roads in . Snow is heavy and roads are now coated. There’s some black ice under all the snow making for a tricky drive.
— Broomfield Police (@BroomfieldPD)
Along the Interstate 70 corridor in the mountains on Monday night, the passenger vehicle traction law and the commercial vehicle chain law went into effect for several stretches, including Mount Vernon Canyon, both sides of the Eisenhower Tunnel and Floyd Hill.
The Colorado State Patrol said Monday night that snow and strong winds were combining to create adverse driving conditions in and around Limon. Meanwhile, Denver Public Schools said it was monitoring the weather and travel conditions, but officials expected schools to be open Tuesday.
We once again are monitoring weather and travel conditions closely. The forecast currently calls for around 2 to 4 inches of snow overnight, with the snow expected to stop around 2 a.m. At this time, we expect schools to be open tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 11, but…
— Denver Public Schools (@dps_k12)
The Tuesday Denver weather forecast is for partly sunny skies early, with sunny skies as the day progresses and a high temperature of about 34 degrees, according to the NWS. On Tuesday night, skies will be partly cloudy, with a low temperature of 15 degrees.
Wednesday in Denver there’s a 20% of snow showers after 11 a.m., but skies will be mostly sunny and the high temp will top out at 37 degrees.
