Colorado Weather: Widespread Tree Damage Possible As Rain Turns To Snow Monday Night

By Chris Spears, CBS Denver:

DENVER (CBS4) – An unusually cold, wet spring storm will move across Colorado over the next few days with a combination of rain and snow. Heavy snow is expected to fall in the mountains and foothills west of Denver starting Monday. By Tuesday morning the snow level could drop down into Denver, the I-25 urban corridor and onto the adjacent plains.

May snow in Colorado is heavy and wet, even at the higher elevations. It doesn’t take very much accumulation to cause damage to trees, especially those that may already have some leaves or a lot of old, weak growth on them.

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