A cold Saturday will bring light snow to the Colorado mountains as fog returns to the Front Range and Denver area, according to the National Weather Service.
The entire state will experience freezing subzero temperatures on Sunday, according to a report from the NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook. Denver has expanded its cold weather shelters through Wednesday.
“Roads appear slippery this morning, with areas of snow and ice on mountain roads and across the Eastern Plains,” NWS forecasters said Sunday. “Ski traffic appears to be abundant but constantly changing.”
Light snow that began Saturday evening will end in the mountains Sunday afternoon, according to the hazardous weather forecast.
Denver was also dusted with snow Saturday night, and forecasters said Denver International Airport, Aurora and Brighton could see more snow accumulation Sunday morning. The DIA reported a half-inch of new snow at the airport as of 5 a.m. Sunday.
Snow will return to the mountains and Denver area around 11 p.m. Monday, increasing in intensity overnight and Tuesday morning, according to NWS forecasters.
Denver will see low temperatures in the single digits overnight Tuesday, while the higher elevation mountains and foothills could see subzero temperatures, forecasters said in the hazardous weather alert.
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