Windchill temperatures barely reached the double digits on Sunday as snow fell in Denver and the Broncos took on the New England Patriots at Empower Field at Mile High.
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Sunday afternoon temperatures in Denver peaked near 26 degrees shortly before 2 p.m., but it felt closer to 17 degrees with wind chill, .
Windchill temperatures were expected to drop back down into the single digits after 3 p.m. and hit the negatives by 6 p.m., according to .
Snow started falling across the metro area early Sunday afternoon and is likely to continue in Denver until 7 p.m., though the chance for snow will persist until 10 p.m., . The AFC championship game kicked off at 1 p.m. Sunday.
One to 3 inches of snow is expected to accumulate across the Denver area and Front Range during this wave of winter weather, .
The weather service also issued an for the urban corridor, including Fort Collins, Boulder and Denver. The advisory, which will remain in effect through 9 p.m. Sunday, warns of slippery road conditions amid cold, snowy weather.
The blast of arctic air freezing Colorado will continue through Monday, with overnight temperatures in Denver expected to drop below zero and windchills as low as 23 degrees below zero possible, forecasters said.
Double-digit windchills are also forecast for the Eastern Plains from Sunday night into Monday morning, forecasters said.
A will remain in effect for the plains -- including parts of Weld, Morgan, Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Washington, Sedgwick and Phillips counties -- until 9 a.m. Monday.
"The dangerously cold windchills as low as 23 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes," forecasters wrote in the advisory.
