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This doesn’t look like a huge storm for lower elevations, including Denver, but much colder temperatures and some slushy snow look likely on Wednesday night.
DENVER — After an exceptionally warm start to the week, temperatures will crash later this week, with the potential for some snow in parts of the Denver area.
While this storm doesn’t look to be nearly as impactful as the Oct. 28-29 snowstorm that brought 7.5 inches of snow to Denver, higher elevation foothills could see a few inches of accumulation on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
A strong cold front will move through Colorado late on Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, and that front will drop high temperatures in Denver from the low 70s on Tuesday and to the upper 40s for Wednesday.
Once the front moves through, rain and snow showers will gradually develop during the day Wednesday around the Denver metro area. Any rain should flip to snow pretty quickly Wednesday night, with the potential for a quick 1 to 5 inches of snow in the foothills and along the Palmer Divide, generally above 6,000 feet in elevation.
Expect road impacts on Interstate 25 on the Palmer Divide – think Monument Hill – and Interstate 70 along and west of Lookout Mountain on Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
In Denver, a dusting to perhaps an inch or two of accumulation looks most likely. The west and south sides of the metro area will probably see the higher amounts, with little if any accumulation on the north and east sides of town. Again, the Denver area will probably see its snow on Wednesday afternoon and night.
In the mountains, heavy snow is likely throughout much of the day on Wednesday and into Wednesday night. A few mountain areas could see as much as a foot of accumulation, though most mountain locations will see less than that. Areas east of the Continental Divide and above 8,000 feet in elevation will be the most favored for higher accumulations – and higher snow and ice impacts.
Temperatures will be the other big story with this week’s system, with highs crashing from the 70s in Denver on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday down into the 40s by Wednesday and Thursday. Overnight lows could plunge as low as 20 degrees on Thursday morning.
Highs rebound pretty quickly though, with a high back in the 50s in Denver by Friday and 60s likely next weekend.
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