DENVER — After a historically late wait for Denver's first measurable snowstorm, Mother Nature's come on strong over the last month and more snow is on the way.
An Arctic blast moved in along with an area of low pressure on Tuesday, dropping temperatures and bringing much of Colorado accumulating snow, mainly on Wednesday.
After a cold front moved through last night into this morning, temperatures plunged below freezing over most of eastern Colorado (despite a high of 58° yesterday in Denver). At the same time, an area of low pressure will develop to our south, drawing up moisture from the Gulf of Mexico.
The snow is starting to wind down, as of Wednesday morning. About 6-12 inches of snow has already fallen across the Denver metro area, with most on the higher end of that range.
While the overwhelming majority of the snow is done, we could still see an additional inch or two of accumulation before the snow wraps up by mid-afternoon.
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In addition to the snow, bitterly cold temperatures will move into Colorado starting on Tuesday night. Temperatures could plummet below zero in Denver and across much of Colorado on Thursday morning.
Wind chills will stay at or below zero through much of the day today. They'll get even worse tonight as the heart of the Arctic push moves through.
This will be a very cold snowfall event, so remember to protect your pipes and bring inside your pets.
Denver climbed above 20 inches of season-to-date snowfall with this event.
9NEWS WATCH anchor and Meteorologist Chris Bianchi will have continuous updates on this throughout the snowstorm on Wednesday. Watch them on Roku and Amazon Fire, or at 9NEWS.com/watch.
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