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Hazardous Weather Outlook Issued For Denver Area As Snow Expected
Snow is in the forecast for the Denver metro area, the foothills and the mountains. Here's how much snow is expected to fall and when.
DENVER, CO — The Denver metro area will likely see more snow this week after a sunny, 60 degree Tuesday.
Winter weather will begin late Tuesday night in the high country and expand eastward across the region by Wednesday afternoon, The National Weather Service said in a hazardous weather outlook issued Tuesday morning.
On Wednesday morning and into the afternoon, freezing drizzle could fall over the Denver metro area and eastern plains, especially near Interstate 25 Prepare for slick travel conditions. The drizzle is expected to become light to moderate snow by Wednesday evening, with the foothills seeing the most snowfall.
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The plains were expected to see snowfall between 1 and 4 inches, while the mountains and foothills saw 3 to 7 inches of snow. Light flurries were possible Thursday morning near the Palmer Divide.
Dry, warmer weather was expected to begin Friday and last through the weekend.
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The hazardous weather outlook applies to:
- Jackson County Below 9000 Feet
- West Jackson and West Grand Counties above 9,000 feet
- Grand and Summit Counties below 9,000 feet
- South and East Jackson/Larimer/North and Northeast Grand/Northwest Boulder counties above 9,000 feet
- South and Southeast Grand/West Central and Southwest Boulder/ Gilpin/Clear Creek/Summit/North and West Park Counties above 9,000 feet
- Larimer and Boulder Counties between 6,000 and 9,000 feet
- Jefferson and West Douglas counties above 6,000 feet/Gilpin/Clear
- Creek/Northeast Park Counties below 9,000 feet
- Central and Southeast Park County
- Larimer County below 6,000 feet/Northwest Weld County
- Boulder and Jefferson counties below 6,000 feet/West Broomfield county
- North Douglas county below 6,000 feet
- Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County
- Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties above 6,000 feet
- Northeast Weld County
- Central and South Weld County
- Morgan County
- Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties
- North and Northeast Elbert County below 6,000 feet/North Lincoln County
- Southeast Elbert County below 6,000 feet/South Lincoln County
- Logan County
- Washington County
- Sedgwick County
- Phillips County
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