Denver’s dry spell could break mid-November, but the first snowflakes remain on track to be some of the latest recorded in the city, according to the National Weather Service.

As of Thursday afternoon, the first snowflakes to fall in Denver this season were expected to be the fifth-latest on record, if not later, according to the weather service.

Snow is highly unlikely in the next week as above-normal temperatures continue in Denver, weather service meteorologist Zach Hiris said.

“We’ve just got that rinse and repeat of warm, dry weather over the next few days,” Hiris said.

That pattern, which has persisted for weeks and delayed Denver’s first snow from the average date by nearly three weeks already, has been caused by a high-pressure “weather ridge,” Hiris said.

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