Wednesday will be a break from the snow for Denverites. Before Tuesday’s snow even has a chance to melt, the Front Range will get hit by another storm on Thursday.
Today will be the warmest day of the week with a high of 39 degrees, the National Weather Service in Boulder reports. Cloudy skies will clear for the sun in the afternoon. The low will drop to 20 tonight as chances for precipitation and snow increase overnight.
The NWS warns of starting in the high country tonight where winds will gust up to 30 mph as the cold front moves in.
Snow is likely on Thursday mainly after 8 a.m. according to the NWS. The high will remain below freezing, at 28 degrees. One inch of new snow accumulation is expected during the day, with as much as 3 more inches expected Thursday night.
The metro area will be under a Thursday through 9 a.m. Friday. The NWS expects many roads to be snow packed and icy.
As for snow totals from this storm, the NWS predicts:
- 2 to 6 inches across the I-25 Corridor
- 4 to 9 inches in the mountains and foothills north of I-70
- 1 to 3 inches over the eastern plains.
The NWS reports that there’s also a chance for snow before 11 a.m. Friday morning. The high will be just 23 degrees and drop to 9 degrees at night, marking Denver’s first single-digit temperatures this season. The wind chill will be even colder, dropping into the negatives.
Wind chill values below -10 degrees are expected Friday morning. Be sure to take steps in order to be prepared for these cold temperatures!
— NWS Goodland (@NWSGoodland)
This weekend is expected to warm back up into the 40s with sunny, clear skies.
