With 18 to 24 inches of snow falling on Boulder Wednesday, a light snow continuing on Thursday, it will be some cold and wet trick or treating for Halloween. I took these pictures at about 9 p.m. Wednesday night on my front yard, and another of my patio with deck furniture buried.

Some power outages were reported in the west part of the city as tree limbs started to fall, but generally the streets were OK since road crews had good warning about the storm and seemed to be prepared.

A record-breaking storm for October is going to make it hard on Boulder's trick or treaters.

The weather's not great for cooking out on your patio.

Winter wonderland

(This article also appeared in Jerry Lewis’s “Boulder Report” blog.)