Today’s forecast calls for cloudy skies with a high of 50 and an overnight low of 9, with a 40% chance of snow after 4 p.m. New snow accumulation of less than an inch is possible during the day. Between 4 and 8 inches of new snow accumulation is possible overnight. Snow may be heavy at times.
Nolan Kustusch, 1, asks to be picked up by his mother Alice while his father, Drew, shovels the sidewalk outside their home on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Englewood, Colorado. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post) The following Colorado snow totals have been reported by the National Weather Service for Jan. 18, 2025 as of 3:50 p.m. Saturday:
The Boulder area received about 8 inches of snow overnight and up to 2 inches more is possible, according to a National Weather Service-Boulder post on social media. Boulder police put a crash alert notification in place around 9 p.m. Friday, due to slick roads and snowy weather conditions.
Traffic was flowing on major Colorado roadways Saturday morning despite the snow and ice that settled across the Front Range late Friday, putting many emergency services agencies on accident alert. The Colorado Department of Transportation’s statewide map showed all interstate and major state highways open as of 10:30 a.
Snow blanketed Boulder, Colorado, on Saturday, January 18, as freezing temperatures were forecast for the region.Footage from X user @mewmewmew13 shows a snowy scene in north Boulder on Saturday.The National Weather Service reported up to eight inches of “light fluff,
High winds are typically associated with winter storms, hurricanes or severe thunderstorms. But on the morning of Jan. 17, 1982, 43 years ago, a fierce windstorm hammered the Front Range of Colorado with gusts you might associate with a mountain top or within the eyewall of a hurricane.
Here is what is and isn't a polar vortex when Colorado receives cold like what is forecast for the holiday weekend.
Tuesday night temperatures plummeted into the single digits and below following a snowstorm that blanketed much of the state, leading to dangerously cold temperatures ahead of the next round of snow.
The I-25 corridor can expect mild temperatures Thursday. But by Friday afternoon, the cold front will roll in, delivering snow and subzero temperatures.
The Arctic air mass will be in Colorado Friday afternoon, but the effects of the polar vortex won't be fully felt until after the sun goes down.
Once again, one of Colorado's mountain towns was bitterly cold Wednesday morning. The National Weather Service in Boulder reported a low temperature at Fraser Flats of -28 Wednesday morning, nearly equaling the low temperature earlier this winter season in November 2024.