Snow impacts metro Denver: Over 500 delayed flights, snow totals
Snow is expected to last until around 2 p.m. Wednesday
Though Denverites won’t see the nearly 20-inches of snow that slammed the metro area earlier this month, some wet snow moved through the region early Wednesday morning.
Snow began early morning, with totals expected around an inch, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder. Snow is expected until around 2 p.m. with a chance of precipitation at 80%; some snow has already accumulated around the area.
Castle Rock is expected to see the most snow in the Denver metro with around 4-9 inches predicted.
As of 9 a.m., there are no road closures around the metro, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation, but some westward roads in the mountains are experiencing travel difficulties. For example, northbound Colorado 9 two miles north of Alma was closed at 7 a.m., Wednesday. US 6 is also closed between Mile Point 222 and I-70, around three miles east of Keystone.
Denver is also activating emergency shelters for five days starting Wednesday as cold weather is expected to blanket the region this Thanksgiving weekend.
Beginning at 1 p.m., Wednesday, the city will open three shelters at the former Best Western hotel at 4595 Quebec St., and the city facilities at 2601 W. 7th Ave. and 375 S. Zuni St. The former Best Western hotel is now a homeless shelter.
All shelters will close at 11 a.m., Monday, according to the city’s housing department.
“Cold weather poses a serious danger to people who are unsheltered,” city officials said.
Denver offers shelters for specific demographics:
For individual men: Denver Rescue Mission Lawrence Street Community Center, 2222 Lawrence St.
For individual women: Samaritan House, 2301 Lawrence St.
For youth ages 15-20: Urban Peak, 1630 S. Acoma St.
Families in need of shelter should call the Connection Center at (303) 295-3366.
Snow totals
As of 1:00 p.m., northwest Boulder has seen the most snow in the metro area in the last 24 hours with 6.9 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
Rocky Flats has seen 5.5 inches and Denver International Airport has seen 3.3.
Denver proper, has yet to report snow totals as of 1:00 p.m., but Englewood, the closest reporter, has seen one inch.
The highest snow total in the state, so far, is Monarch Pass with 26 inches.
Here is a list of snow totals from other locations around the state:
- Mount Crested Butte 26
- Monarch Pass 26
- Gunnison 22
- Copper Mountain 20
- Wolf Creek Pass 20
- Breckenridge 18
- Eldora 17
- Arapahoe Peak 17
- Loveland Pass 16
- Keystone 15
- West Vail 14.3
- Mount Audubon 14
- Winter Park 14
- Rabbit Ears Pass 13
- Dillon 13
- Spicer 13
- Mount Zirkel 13
- Cameron Pass 11
- Oak Creek 10.5
- Berthoud Pass 10
- Steamboat Springs 9.5
- Buford 9
- Grand Lake 9
- Green Mountain 9
- Almont 9
- Buena Vista 8.7
- Edwards 8.5
- Montrose 8.5
- Glendevey 8
- Cattle Creek 7.8
- Nathrop 7.8
- Ouray 7.5
- Leadville 7.5
- Hayden 7.4
- Hot Sulphur Springs 7
- New Castle 6.2
- Ridgway 6
- Gypsum 5.6
- Georgetown 5.5
- Boulder 5.1
- Ward 5
- Pingree Park 5
- Echo Lake 5
- Glenwood Springs 5
- Rand 5
- Palmer Lake 4.9
- Coal Bank Pass 4.5
- Monument 4.3
- Carbondale 4
- Monument 4
- Molas Pass 4
- Woodland Park 4
- Battlement Mesa 3.5
- Pagosa Springs 3.5
- Allenspark 3.2
- Divide 3.1
- Genesee 3
- Hayden 3
- Dinosaur 3
- Meeker 3
- Air Force Academy 3
- Black Forest 3
- Salida 3
- Westcliffe 3
- Broomfield 2.7
- Arvada 2.5
- Falcon 2.5
- Colorado Springs 2.5
- Great Sand Dunes 2.5
- Beulah 2.4
- Cripple Creek 2.3
- Rifle 2.2
- Peterson AFB 2.1
- Redstone 2
- Ponderosa Park 2
- Calhan 2
- Colorado City 2
- Walsenburg 1.9
- Cuchara 1.8
- Grand Junction 1.6
- Loveland 1.4
- Alamosa 1.4
- Pueblo West 1.3
- Vallecit 1.3
- Longmont 1
- Rollinsville 1
- Eagle 1
- Security 1
- Olathe 1
- Canon City 1
- Louisville 0.9
- Sawpit 0.7
