Colorado weather: Up to 13 inches of mountain snow expected as second storm hits state Sunday

Drivers headed home Sunday from their Thanksgiving adventures should keep an eye on the sky as another round of snow hits Colorado according to the National Weather Provision Snow started Friday night in Colorado s mountains and moved into the metro area early Saturday morning marking Denver s first snowfall of the season before largely ending But the storm isn t over yet The next wave of winter weather is forecast to start Sunday morning in the mountains move into lower elevations in the afternoon and continue into Monday morning according to the weather function The snow could make trip across Colorado s mountain passes hazardous weather provision forecasters commented As of Saturday snow forecasts from the weather arrangement for the upcoming storm included Zero to inches in Arvada Aurora Broomfield Centennial Denver Highlands Ranch Lafayette Littleton Northglenn and Parker Zero to inches in Golden Lakewood Boulder Castle Rock Larkspur Roxborough Park and Kiowa A trace to inches on Interstate s Floyd Hill and in Evergreen and Conifer to inches in Allenspark Nederland and Eldora to inches on U S s Loveland Pass U S s Berthoud Pass near Winter Park U S s Muddy Pass near Kremmling U S s Rabbit Ears Pass near Steamboat Springs Colorado s Willow Creek Pass near Granby Colorado s Hoosier Pass near Breckenridge and U S s Kenosha Pass near Fairplay to inches at Winter Park Vail Pass Copper Mountain and the Keystone Ski Area Summit to inches on Colorado s Cameron Pass near Walden and Milner Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park And to inches on Mount Zirkel the tallest mountain in the Park Range of the Rocky Mountains The bulk of the snow is expected in Colorado s higher-elevation mountains Still light snow and flurries will arrive across the Front Range Western Slope and Eastern Plains later Sunday afternoon weather utility forecasters explained Denver has a chance of snow after a m Sunday and a chance between p m and p m according to the weather system Related Articles First snow falls in Denver second-latest on record for city Colorado weather Denver may see light snowfall as temperatures plunge this weekend Denver drops to coldest temps in days snowy Thanksgiving weekend likely Colorado weather Will it snow during Thanksgiving progress Denver ties mark Friday for second-latest date for a first snowfall Overnight temperatures in Denver and the surrounding area are expected to dip into the single digits and teens over the next two days and daytime temperatures will struggle to rise above freezing forecasters revealed Wind chill temperatures near and below zero are expected across the metro area Saturday night and early Monday morning according to a hazardous weather outlook from the weather institution This is a progressing story and may be updated Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter