Glenwood Canyon weather forecast calls for two days of showers and thunderstorms

The upwind forecast for Glenwood Canyon calls for apt rounds of showers and thunderstorms connected Wednesday and Thursday, up to an 80% accidental of precipitation, and road officials are bracing for a imaginable closure of Interstate 70 done the canyon.

⛈ TRAVEL ALERT ⛈ | #I70 Glenwood Canyon

Showers/storms successful occidental #Colorado are forecasted time afternoon, 8/18. Note: If a #FlashFloodWarning is successful effect, expect #GlenwoodCanyon to adjacent for safety. Check https://t.co/bjBVfjLWOG to program ahead.#KnowBeforeYouGo @NWSGJT pic.twitter.com/W11x8WFnwm

— Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) (@ColoradoDOT) August 18, 2021

There’s a accidental for showers and thunderstorms starting astatine astir noon Wednesday implicit the wildfire scarred-canyon, according to the National Weather Service. The 80% accidental for precipitation Wednesday continues into Wednesday night.

More showers and thunderstorms are expected connected Thursday, with a 70% accidental for precipitation.

“Many storms volition person the menace of dense rainfall rates and gusty winds,” the upwind work said. “Heavy rainfall rates oregon prolonged precipitation could interaction pain scars and pb to different runoff issues during this time. The Grizzly Creek pain scar volition beryllium particularly susceptible to flash flooding which volition interaction question if this occurs.”

On Tuesday evening, the Colorado Department of Transportation issued a “Travel Alert” for I-70 and Glenwood Canyon, advising drivers to beryllium successful tune to the upwind and to beryllium prepared for the road to adjacent if flash flood warnings are posted.

“Plan up dense rains expected,” CDOT said successful a Twitter post.

On Friday, earlier the canyon reopened to postulation connected Saturday morning, CDOT officials warned that the road done the canyon volition adjacent again if conditions are deemed unsafe.

The canyon agelong of I-70 had been unopen down since July 31 arsenic crews worked to wide debris, rocks, timber and mud that descent onto the highway, causing important damage, aft dense rains. Repairs and operation continues connected the road, including astir a mile-long agelong successful the Blue Gulch area, which is constricted to 1 lane successful each direction.