DENVER — Denver’s Thanksgiving snowstorm will start after sundown, with as much as 5 inches of recent powder anticipated to fall within the Denver metro space by Saturday morning. Larger snow totals are anticipated west of Denver.
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Thursday, Nov. 23
9:57 p.m. | SNOW FALLING | …however the Nationwide Climate Service says it’s “more and more probably” most areas on the Entrance Vary will finish on the low finish of the snowfall forecast vary.
Night time shift is in! Snow is filling in throughout the foothills and alongside/west of I-25, and can taper off throughout the day Fri. Appears more and more probably most areas will find yourself on the decrease finish of forecast ranges, however will proceed to observe. #COwx pic.twitter.com/UL3QOQwnxm
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) November 24, 2023
9:28 p.m. | TRAFFIC UPDATE | The closure of I-70 in JeffCo prone to final “hours” as a hazmat cleanup was underway. Westbound drivers had been being rotated at Genesee as WB I-70 was closed between Genesee and Chief Hosa.
8:15 p.m. | TRAFFIC ALERT | Colordo State Patrol in Golden says to count on an “prolonged” closure of Interstate 70 in Golden on account of a site visitors incident involving eight automobiles – together with two semis that had been leaking diesel gas onto the roadway. A CSP hazmat workforce was on the best way to the scene.
Visitors Alert
Issues simply received extra fascinating…
The 2 wrecked CMV’s on the I70 crash every have ruptured saddle tanks and are leaking diesel gas @CSP_HAZMAT is on the best way to safe the state of affairs pic.twitter.com/TGmfKN4QKh
— CSP Golden (@csp_golden) November 24, 2023
7:45 p.m. | ROAD CONDITIONS | Westbound I-70 is closed on account of security considerations between Exit 256 – Lookout Mountain and Exit 253 – Chief Hosa, per CDOT.
7:29 p.m. | JEFFERSON COUNTY ON ACCIDENT ALERT | CSP Golden has put Jefferson County on accident alert on account of a number of crashes alongside I-70 from Golden to Evergreen, which have pressured the closure of the westbound lanes of I-70.
Visitors Alert ‼️ @csp_golden has put Jefferson County on Accident Alert
A number of crashes alongside I70 from Golden to Evergreen have WB I70 shut down
No alternate routes suggested as site visitors & climate circumstances are altering quickly
Give @ColoradoDOT time to scrub up pic.twitter.com/uPuPNJusGu
— CSP Golden (@csp_golden) November 24, 2023
5:36 p.m. | Up to date snow forecast
The NWS in Boulder up to date its projected snowfall totals in a number of spots, growing its confidence in 1-2 inches of snow in some areas and reducing its confidence of upper snowfall totals.
An early afternoon projection confirmed a roughly 30% probability of 8 inches of snow in Boulder, 4 inches on the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels and 6 inches in Greeley. By the early night, the probabilities for these elevated totals had diminished. However the NWS elevated its confidence of 1 inch of snow at DIA to close sure, and a roughly 70% probability of two inches on the airport.
5:15 p.m. | ROAD CONDITIONS | Southbound US 287 is closed on account of icy circumstances and a number of crashes between the Wyoming state line and CO 14, CDOT says. There is no such thing as a estimated time for the reopening of the southbound lanes.
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