Winter weather is back Thursday, as temperatures remain below freezing all day and up to five inches of snow is expected to fall in Denver.
Denver’s western suburbs in Jefferson County, and north from Boulder to Fort Collins, are in a winter storm warning and could receive up to 10 inches of snow by Friday morning.
A few light snow flurries during Thursday’s morning commute could bring some slick spots on the road, but the main snowfall will begin in the afternoon and likely affect the evening commute.
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Slick spots possible for this morning's commute as areas of light snow/flurries develop. More significant travel impacts expected for the pm commute as snow intensity increases & spreads southward through the evening. Plan ahead and use caution.
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“Denver will likely see some light snow as well for at least the latter half of the morning commute, but this snow should remain on the lighter side,” forecasters at the National Weather Service in Boulder said.
After the morning flurries, there might be a mid-day break in the snow before it continues in the afternoon and late evening.
With temperatures Thursday only reaching a high of 25 degrees in the afternoon, anywhere from two to five inches could fall in Denver.
“This increase would occur by early evening at the latest, so we are still concerned with the evening commute across Denver,” forecasters said. “Travel conditions will be deteriorating. … One interesting note is if we see enough solar insolation we could actually get a little melting initially which would NOT be in our best interest for impacts. If that occurs and then we get a quick increase in snow in the evening commute it could be quite the difficult drive with a quick freeze/ice compaction.”
Current road temperature forecasts show Denver roads right at the freezing mark, forecasters said, so it could go either way.
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Lakewood, Arvada, Golden, Boulder, Longmont and parts of Broomfield are all in a winter storm warning until 9 a.m. Friday as those areas could receive up to 10 inches of snow.
In the Fort Collins and Loveland areas, which are both in a separate winter storm warning, wind gusts could reach 35 mph during the winter storm.
Thursday night’s low is 8 degrees in Denver, and some more light snow could fall in Denver Friday morning, so forecasters said Friday’s morning commute could have some travel impacts as well.
Snowfall should diminish by noon Friday, and the high will be similar to Thursday’s at 23 degrees.
