Overview
- Front Range communities saw widespread disruption Wednesday as the late-season storm closed major school districts, delayed or canceled hundreds of Denver flights, and turned commutes slushy.
- Snow totals varied sharply by elevation, with Estes Park near Rocky Mountain National Park reporting about 27 to 28 inches while Denver International Airport measured about 5 inches.
- The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for parts of Colorado and southeast Wyoming and warned that heavy, wet snow could snap tree limbs, down power lines, and cause scattered outages.
- Road crews shifted to cleanup after CDOT sent about 100 plows across the Denver region during the storm and skipped pre-treating because recent warmth would have washed treatments away.
- After a hard freeze early Thursday, forecasters expect a quick warm-up into the 60s and 70s that will speed melting, giving soils a boost that some farmers welcomed but not a lasting solution to drought.