Colorado weather: Blowing snow in the mountains Monday, frigid cold in Denver Tuesday

Snow is falling in the mountains Monday morning and more is on the way, according to the National Weather Service.

The light snow falling Monday in Colorado’s mountains won’t lead to much new accumulation, NWS forecasters said. Still, gusty winds expected in higher elevations could cause blowing snow and white-out conditions for drivers on mountain passes.

NWS forecasters expect mountain ranges and passes above 10,000 feet to get between 2 and 6 inches of snow between Monday and Tuesday, according to a Hazardous Weather Outlook.

Light snow is possible in Denver on Tuesday before 11 a.m., but little to none of the flakes will stick in the metro area, forecasters said.

Less than an inch of accumulation is expected for the metro area, if any, according to NWS snow forecasts.

With or without snow, the cold front will bring frigid temperature highs in the mid-30s to the metro on Tuesday, forecasters said.

Denver will see multiple days of warm, sunny weather later this week, but a second snowstorm is expected to move into Colorado late Saturday or Sunday, forecasters said in the Hazardous Weather Outlook.

How much snow will fall ahead of Thanksgiving travel, how long it will last and whether it will stick to the mountains or spread across the Front Range and Eastern Plains remains unknown, forecasters said.

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