A snowstorm brewing in Colorado’s mountains, where a fresh foot of snow is expected to fall by the weekend, will reach the Denver area on Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
As of Wednesday morning, weather service snow forecasts for the Denver area included:
- 1 inch in Brighton, Broomfield, Commerce City and Denver, with up to 2 inches possible
- 1 inch in Lafayette, with up to 3 inches possible
- 2 inches at Denver International Airport
- 2 inches in Arvada, Aurora, Centennial, Highlands Ranch and Littleton, with up to 3 inches possible
- 3 inches in Boulder, Franktown and Parker, with up to 4 inches possible
- 4 inches in Castle Rock, Golden and Roxborough Park, with up to 5 inches possible
Snow will be possible in Denver between 11 p.m. Thursday and 4 a.m. Saturday, but the strongest chance for winter weather will be from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, according to hourly forecasts from the weather service.
Denver temperatures are expected to drop from the high 60s on Thursday to the low 30s by Friday morning, the weather service forecasts show.
In the mountains, according to the weather service, snowfall amounts will accumulate between 5 a.m. Wednesday and 5 a.m. Saturday:
- 6 inches on U.S. 40’s Muddy Pass near Kremmling and Colorado 125’s Willow Creek Pass near Granby, with up to 7 inches possible
- 6 inches on Interstate 70’s Vail Pass, with up to 11 inches possible
- 7 inches at the Keystone Ski Area Summit, with up to 9 inches possible
- 8 inches in Georgetown and Nederland, with up to 9 inches possible
- 9 inches in Winter Park and on U.S. 6’s Loveland Pass, with up to 12 inches possible
- 10 inches on Mount Zirkel, the highest summit of Colorado’s Park Range of the Rocky Mountains, with up to 12 inches possible
- 10 inches in Eldora, with up to 13 inches possible
- 11 inches on Colorado 14’s Cameron Pass near Fort Collins and at Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, with up to 13 inches possible
- 12 inches on U.S. 40’s Berthoud Pass near Winter Park and U.S. 34’s Milner Pass in RMNP, with up to 15 inches possible
Traces to 1/2 inch of snow are also expected on northern Colorado’s Eastern Plains, including in Crook and Sterling, by Saturday morning, according to the weather service.
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