Lot of people. Yes. First snow for the season. Except on your cup there. You got a little something. A snowflake. Bring your coffee out. A cold morning. Thats the way to do it. Right. That will happen at lunchtime today. 12 00 to 12 30 we see a rain snow mix around town. Mostly cloudy. You can feel the temperature drop. Winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings for mountains. Up to a around the Continental Divide. You can bet the ski resorts are loving this forecast. The storm system just getting going. It will pick up in intensity throughout the morning. Again by lunchtime, moves here through the denver metro area. Thats wave number one. Wave two hits in time for the drive home from work. That starts at 5 30 and continues to 8 30 tonight. Were not expecting a lot of accumulation because we hit 80 degrees yesterday. Hits the ground. If snow gets heavy enough and could, we could see an inch or two of wet snow accumulate on the grass around here. That picture is very different
Here on eisenhower tunnel who opened a month ago now. Lucky ducks over there. Were hoping were going to get to see snow after we talk to you guys. Were going through the eisenhower tunnel and go to silver thorn. Were anticipating youll hear more from becky on this. Little more snow coming in well a lot more coming in on the other side of the Continental Divide. Right here on i70, roads are bone dry. Get into the middle of all that today, might be in luck with early commute. Might here have more on that. Absolutely loveland, breckenridge, vail. All those places expected to see snow today. Starting to increase in its coming. Mostly cloudy skies out there now. Here in denver, we too are expecting the snow today. Not until after lunchtime. Winter weather advisories cover the Continental Divide. Winter storm warnings. Bulk of this system is going to track north of us. Snow expected in denver. Rain snow mix to start you off at lunchtime. After that, a second wave pushes in. Unfortunately tha
Happened. This accident of the header everybody started hitting their breaks halfway down the hill. I couldnt stop. The charred adjusted guardrail overran to the car in front of me. Five officials tell us this going to the hospital. People just two were injured in this. As you can see, its clear is a reminder for people to slow down especially around this area right here, right now and i70 heading eastbound for see traffic but so far was that is clear. The snow is making bread devilishly commute and i70. Earlier today, to semis jackknifed west of the the driving conditions get worse as you head west or the high country. Marks do is live. Drivers had to work on their Winter Driving skills today. As we come on the air, were dealing with wind and falling stuff. I want to give you a better look at i70, were here at georgetown, right now traffic is its movie with is not the case until 330 today. Take a look at the video, we arrived to a massive backup the lasted a good three or four hours b
Obviously the side streets still very crunchy, very crispy and icy. Jayson is will talk about that in a minute. Look at our window owe estes park feels like 7. Berthoud pass 25 egre below zero. Were looking at sunshine today. So another change. Well see slowly warm today, but its going to be a cold morning. The kids need jacket, hot, gloves early on. A high just right around 40 degrees. So mostly sunny skies and as we head into the weekend, another big warmup. Well talk more about thht in a few minutes. Thank you, lisa. 4 31. The conditions on the roads is better than we expected today, but dont be fooled because theres always slick spot and we saw a lot of bad crashes overnight. Police says someone was hurt on i70 and vasquez last night. And i70 and 225, 1 car crash there. The driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. How are the roads right now . Jason gruenauer is checking that right now and he joins us from the first alert weather chaser, jason. Good morning to you. Wer
Hospital. Look what happened near park in denver. A pepsi truck got stuck on the median there shutting down several lanes of traffic. Thursdays storm delayed start of school two hours. Clear Creek School District is delayed two hours as well. Leave early, take it slow. Plan for delays. Roads are icy and wet. It got so bad, they had to shut down lanes because of the ice. Andrew sorenson and about checking out road conditions. Amelia is guiding you around the traffic problems. Lets start in the backyard with belin. No more wet weather, but snow is around. Maybe lingering snow showers in parts of the high country. For the most part, done here in the city. The storm system exited, pushing up towards the midwest. Cold air seep into colorado. Temperatures in the teens. This afternoon, its still going to be pretty chilly. Youre going to need to keep the coats and jackets handy. 40 will be the high. Lots of sunshine. That is one thing well be working in our favor to help melt some of this snow