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This week in Colorado weather: March 1, 2021

The first full-week of March starts out with temperatures on the up-and-up! Highs will rise well into the 50’s by midweek as a dome of high pressure settles into the Intermountain West spelling out above average temperatures for the Front Range. A late-week southern storm system will bring a chance of snow to the Mountains and rain/snow to the lower elevations.

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Tracking upslope snow Wednesday night, a big gradient expected (Updated)

It’s been a glorious start to the week so far with highs getting back above normal on Monday and Tuesday. Even though it was quite breezy at times, temperatures flirting with 60 degrees took the chill right out of the wind. The stretch of fair weather changes very soon as two cold fronts and a taste of winter weather bear down on Colorado. A widespread, upslope-driven snowfall event is gearing-up for Wednesday evening into Thursday. Let’s take a look at the timing and snowfall amounts expected across the Front Range!

UPDATE (Wed 2/24/21 7:00AM): Updated snowfall forecast map, fine-tuning amounts and the position of the expected sharp gradient. Details of these changes are included in Wednesday morning’s Premium weather discussion, found HERE.

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This week in Colorado weather: February 22, 2021

The nicest weather in nearly three weeks will unfold Monday and Tuesday, but snow is just a few days away! Yet another wintry system with an unfavorable track will impact the area Wednesday evening into Thursday bringing widespread upslope snow to the Front Range. We’re also watching the potential for a more significant winter storm during the upcoming weekend, but uncertainty remains this far out. Read on for our complete outlook of the week ahead.

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Forecast Update: A quick hit of snow Saturday evening, primarily south/east of Denver

Another day, another chance of light snow. The theme of this winter continues as a weak storm system blazes across Colorado Saturday evening bringing a chance of snow to the region. We’ve got some jet-forcing to deal with this time, so localized bands of heavy snow are possible, but our forecast keeps most of these south and east of Denver. Let’s take a look at the timing and snowfall amounts!

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Quick Recap: Localized heavy snowfall up to a foot fell in the western Metro area

Finally, we got more snow than south Texas and Louisiana! The atmosphere was primed for an explosion of snow Wednesday evening in the Foothills and western Denver Metro area and it did not disappoint this time. Favorable conditions for convective heavy showers for a short window yesterday produced up to a foot of snow in some areas. Let’s take a quick look back at the setup and snowfall totals from across the region.

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Heads up! Difficult-to-predict convective snow showers will be around Wednesday afternoon and evening ⚠️

An intriguing weather setup is developing today that will bring a high likelihood of scattered heavy snow showers to the Front Range Wednesday afternoon and evening. The focus will be across the western Denver Metro area, but everyone stands a chance at some snow. We discuss potential snowfall amounts and the impacts to the Wednesday evening commute.

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