The weekend-long series of thunderstorms and snowstorms across Colorado will linger Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
Lingering rain showers may remain over the plains Sunday in northeast and north central Colorado. Mountain snow showers will diminish throughout the day but a few additional inches of snow is possible. Widespread rain showers may return Wednesday with a few inches of snowfall for the northern mountains, according to NWS forecasters.
There is a slight chance of rain showers in Denver on Sunday morning with possible showers and thunderstorms after noon. Sunday will be partly sunny with a high of 59 degrees and a 30% chance of precipitation. Wind gusts could reach 15 miles per hour.
Sunday evening will be partly cloudy with a low of 39 degrees and a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday are expected to be mostly clear with highs around 70 degrees. Rain and thunderstorms return Wednesday with a 40% percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon and may continue throughout the week.
Showers, high elevation snow showers and thunderstorms will develop later in the day in higher terrain portions of central, east and south central and southeast Colorado and move over the plains Sunday evening, according to the NWS.
Lingering snow showers with light accumulation will continue over the mountains and higher terrain of Teller and El Paso County. Freezing fog is possible for portions of the Palmer Divide.
There is a slight chance that some of these showers and thunderstorms may produce flash flooding for burn scar and urbanized areas. Wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour and dangerous cloud to ground lightning with hail up to half an inch in diameter is possible. There may be a few additional inches of snow over the southern Sangre de Cristo and Wet Mountains.
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