Measurable Snow For Denver, Heavy In Southwest Mountains
DENVER (CBS4) - Winter weather returns to the metro area and all of the high country Wednesday night. Two upper level disturbances are spinning across the southwestern U.S., that means snow is heading our way. Denver's high temperatures are expected to fall 25 degrees between now and Saturday with accumulating snowfall in the city.
Amounts will be varied across the I-25 corridor, but we expect consistent snow Thursday morning through Friday afternoon. Central Denver and the suburbs are expecting moderate snowfall through this time frame, the foothills will end up with the most. Two-5" are likely for the Denver metro area with 3-6" in the foothills.
It's a tedious forecast since the main low pressure system is a little disjointed. We're analyzing smaller features within the wind pattern and trying to determine where the heaviest bands of snow will form.
Finally, the weekend will be cold in Denver behind the exiting system — we won't make it out of the 20s.
Justin McHeffey provides nightly reports from the Mobile Weather Lab. He travels Colorado in search of Mother Nature's most powerful and beautiful conditions. Like his Facebook page Meteorologist Justin McHeffey and follow him on Twitter @WeatherMcHeffey.
