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Omaha Steve

(110,016 posts) Wed May 6, 2026, 12:21 AM May 6

Spring plans meet snow in Denver as a late storm could be the season's biggest

Source: AP

By MEAD GRUVER and KATHY McCORMACK
Updated 10:29 PM CDT, May 5, 2026
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — While some Americans were gazing at tulips and mowing lawns, people in Colorado and Wyoming were getting out their snow shovels.

A late snowstorm swept over the Rocky Mountains and into the High Plains on Tuesday, bringing heavy, wet accumulation north of Denver into southeastern Wyoming.

In Fort Collins, Colorado, heavy snow fell throughout the day on ground that was still too warm for significant accumulation. Slushy snow clung to leaves, grass and flowers, and homeowners shut off yard sprinklers lest sub-freezing temperatures damage their plumbing.

Boulder, nestled against the mountains, could get upward of a foot (30 centimeters) of snow. While the Denver area experienced mostly rain on Tuesday, that turned into snow by early evening. Forecasts predict up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) of snow is possible into Wednesday.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/colorado-wyoming-spring-snow-storm-drought-ff870a743d272874326436174a800be1

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Spring plans meet snow in Denver as a late storm could be the season's biggest (Original Post) Omaha Steve May 6 OP

It's snowing madly right now in southwest Denver. DavidDvorkin May 6 #1

The only way Denver could cool off the red hot Mets, snow on them. dem4decades May 6 #2

Today's game was postponed, rescheduled forThursday, the seventh. Brother Buzz May 6 #3

Go Mets! electric_blue68 May 7 #6

The Mets were in the game until they crashed and burned in the eighth Brother Buzz May 7 #7

I don't know how much is going to stick on the roads, but there will almost certainly be a lot of broken tree branches. generalbetrayus May 6 #4

Heh. Ohhh, boy.... electric_blue68 May 7 #5

DavidDvorkin

(20,687 posts)

1. It's snowing madly right now in southwest Denver.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 12:36 AM

May 6

dem4decades

(14,398 posts)

2. The only way Denver could cool off the red hot Mets, snow on them.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 12:41 AM

May 6

Brother Buzz

(40,453 posts)

3. Today's game was postponed, rescheduled forThursday, the seventh.

Reply to dem4decades (Reply #2)

Wed May 6, 2026, 01:00 AM

May 6

electric_blue68

(27,355 posts)

6. Go Mets!

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #3)

Thu May 7, 2026, 06:43 PM

May 7

😄 ⚾️ 👍

Brother Buzz

(40,453 posts)

7. The Mets were in the game until they crashed and burned in the eighth

Reply to electric_blue68 (Reply #6)

Thu May 7, 2026, 06:57 PM

May 7

Shit happens

generalbetrayus

(1,986 posts)

4. I don't know how much is going to stick on the roads, but there will almost certainly be a lot of broken tree branches.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 01:32 AM

May 6

electric_blue68

(27,355 posts)

5. Heh. Ohhh, boy....

Reply to generalbetrayus (Reply #4)

Thu May 7, 2026, 06:38 PM

May 7

Always find different geographical, and weather conditions interesting.

Decades back when I traveled acrosd the US by bus I visited my cousin studying at Denver U in July.
He took me up by motorcycle first to Red Rocks (no activity there at that time) so pretty, then Golden, then up to Echo Lake (and even higher).
Still have one slide of Echo Lake looking towards the snow-capped Continental Divide! Wow!

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