Rain turned to snow throughout the metro space Saturday morning because the winter storm that hit the mountains over the previous two days continued to comb throughout Colorado.
On common, Denver noticed between 5 to six inches of snow accumulation and a few cities additional west within the metro space noticed as much as 10 inches Saturday, in response to the Nationwide Climate Service.
“Over the Denver space the storm has slowed down considerably, however there’s nonetheless a band of snow west of the metro space spitting stuff out,” mentioned NWS meteorologist Kenley Bonner at 6 p.m. Saturday. “We count on the remainder of that climate to maneuver out by 9 p.m.”
Bonner mentioned Denver might see some extra rain tonight, however snow within the metropolis must be wrapped up for the night.
The Denver space began seeing snow mixing in with the morning rain round 6 a.m. Saturday, according to National Weather Service meteorologists.
By 10 a.m., Nationwide Climate Service meteorologist Russell Danielson mentioned there was already two inches of snow on the bottom in Denver and out towards the airport, inflicting greater than 1,000 flights to be delayed or canceled Saturday.
Different areas, particularly within the mountains, had already seen a foot or extra of snow Saturday morning and the inches solely grew all through the day, in response to up to date snow totals.
The western aspect of the metro took longer to shift from rain to snow Saturday morning, which is why these areas are taking longer to shift again now, Bonner mentioned.
Danielson mentioned areas like Arvada, Greeley and Erie turned over from rain to snow round 10 a.m. Saturday, however cities like Boulder have been nonetheless caught within the rain interval till early afternoon.
Throughout the metro space, all rain had became snow by 2 p.m., in response to NWS forecasters. Town can count on temperatures to drop to 27 levels in a single day, falling from the daytime excessive of 40 levels.
The moist, heavy snow can result in harmful driving situations that may change rapidly, meteorologists stated in a post on X.
“And now the Nationwide Climate Service has issued a Dense Fog Advisory that will probably be in impact till 9 a.m. and covers from Fort Collins all the way down to Fort Rock,” Bonner mentioned. “That simply provides to the hazardous driving situations whenever you’ve already acquired snowy and icy roads.”
Many roads throughout the state skilled delays, closures and accidents all through the day Saturday due to the winter climate.
The Nationwide Climate Service issued a Winter Climate Advisory Saturday from 10 a.m. to midnight for the metro space, Boulder and Interstate-70 east of Denver by means of Limon.
Colorado’s subsequent probability of snow after tonight is late Wednesday night time into Thursday, however there’s a really small probability the snow will stick or accumulate a lot, Danielson mentioned.