Gray clouds and rain were moving toward metro Denver and meteorologists were anticipating rain and night thunderstorms Monday, with possible snow, leading into a turbulent rainy week.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather watch for Colorado’s mountains, where more than a foot of snow is expected as storms approach, reaching the Front Range Interstate 25 corridor late Monday and Tuesday.
The high temperature in Denver on Monday will be 64 degrees, weather service forecasters said. Temperatures are expected to decrease to the mid 40s Tuesday and Wednesday before hitting 66 degrees Thursday. At night, the low temperatures Monday and Tuesday in Denver were expected to stay above freezing, forecasters said.
Here's the latest on our Tuesday/Wednesday storm. Heavy snow is likely for the Front Range mountains and foothills. There's lots of uncertainty about the base of the foothills, between 5,500 and 7,000 feet in elevation. 1/2
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
Weather service forecasters weren’t certain how much snow is likely to fall in the mountains. Along the I-25 corridor, less than one inch is likely to accumulate. Thunderstorms Monday night likely would rumble between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., forecasters said, and more thunderstorms are expected Tuesday afternoon.
Lots of uncertainty about just how much snow. Here are our 90% and 10% probability maps ("low end" and "high end" of our uncertainty range). 2/2
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
On the eastern plains, residents reported seeing northern lights Sunday night. Weather service officials in Colorado indicated the lights were not visible from Front Range cities.
Update – we cannot see the aurora from our office, so we kindly would like to ask other NWS offices to stop showing off. Looking at you, and others!😢😟
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
