Subzero temperatures settle in Thursday morning across Colorado

A wind chill advisory has been issued for Denver and a wind chill warning was put in place for Colorado’s eastern plains overnight Wednesday night as dangerously cold temperatures were expected.

Low temperatures across the area were expected to be in the single digits and even plunging below zero in some spots, according to the National Weather Service forecast discussion. Wind chills could drop as low as 20-below on the northeastern plains.

A wind chill advisory is issued when low temperatures and wind combine to create a wind chill temperature of at least -18 degrees.

Those wind chill advisories expire Thursday morning.

Snowfall that continued through much of the day Wednesday should taper off in the evening hours. Several winter weather advisories were set to expire at 8 p.m.

The cold sticks around Thursday, with high temperatures ranging between 10 and 20 degrees. Scattered snow is expected in the high country, though those amounts “won’t be particularly noteworthy,” according to the NWS forecast discussion.

Four inches of snow had fallen in Boulder and other parts of the metro earlier Wednesday. Heavier snow fell in southwestern Colorado, with 14 inches recorded at Coal Bank Pass, 11 inches on Molas Pass and 10 inches on Wolf Creek and Red Mountain passes.

Snow-covered roads and blowing snow snarled traffic on Interstate 70 earlier Wednesday.

A snow squall blew through the northern Front Range Wednesday afternoon, producing stunning before-and-after images in Grand Lake and Rocky Mountain National Park.

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