Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events.
Denver, CO – Thanksgiving weekend travelers across the Rockies face an early winter blast as Arctic air drives in from the north, colliding with Pacific moisture to spark rounds of mountain snow and a sharp temperature drop. This pattern shift could bring hazardous road conditions from Montana passes to Colorado’s Front Range by Sunday night.
According to the National Weather Service offices in Billings, MT, and Boulder, CO, below-normal temperatures are favored across the northern and central Rockies from November 28 through December 4, with highs dropping into the teens and 20s at higher elevations and 30s across lower valleys. The Climate Prediction Center also shows above-normal precipitation, signaling potential for multiple snow events—particularly over the Tetons, the Wasatch, and Colorado’s central mountains…