Snow began falling along parts of Front Range on Wednesday night and a freeze watch was posted by the National Weather Service.
The freeze watch is in effect from Thursday evening through Friday morning for widespread areas of northeastern Colorado including the Front Range from the Wyoming border to south of Colorado Springs and most of the Eastern Plains. The Denver metro area is under the watch.
Light snow is falling over portions of the central mountains. Isolated rain showers remain present over the plains. Temps are dropping across the plains & Akron airport is reporting snow. #COwx pic.twitter.com/wbopZFbMAh
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) May 9, 2019
Temperatures will drop as low as 30 degrees, crops and other vegetation, as well as unprotected outdoor plumbing, could be damaged, the weather service warns.
In Denver at about 10 p.m., light snow was falling and the temperature was at 34 degrees, according to the weather service.
Rain and snow showers are expected overnight in Denver, becoming snow after 4 a.m. The low temperature Thursday morning should dip to about 31 degrees.
On Thursday, snow showers should last until about 8 a.m., then a mix of rain and snow showers until 2 p.m., then rain showers are likely, the weather service said. The chance for precipitation Thursday in Denver is 90 percent and the high temperature should top out at 42 degrees. New snow accumulation should be less than one inch.
On Friday in Denver there’s a 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m., the weather service said. Skies will be mostly cloudy with a high temperature near 56 degrees.
Updated May 9, 2019 at 7:40 a.m. A previous version of this story referred to the freeze watch incorrectly as a freeze warning. It was been updated to correct the error.
