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Winter Weather Update: Wind-blown rain changing to snow Thursday night

Another wave of precipitation will accompany a cold front racing into the Front Range from the north Thursday night with rain changing to snow across the Denver Metro area. This precipitation will be joined by strong dynamics and northerly flow, making for a gusty and unsettled evening ahead, with some grassy accumulations possible across the lower elevations as snow mixes in late for some. This storm will largely favor areas south of Interstate 70, with the northern Front Range including Boulder not expected to see much. Let’s take a look.

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Winter Weather Update: Heavy snow on-track for the Foothills, mostly rain with some thunder for the lower elevations

A powerful low pressure system remains on-track to impact the Front Range Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday with several hours of nearly perfect upslope in the works. While there has been a slight southward shift in the storm’s track, we still anticipate widespread soaking rain across the lower elevations and heavy wet snow in the Foothills, including some thunder thrown into the mix. Travel will become extremely difficult Tuesday evening west of town with snowfall rates of 1 to 3″ per hour. Finally, while this event will be almost exclusively just cold rain across the Plains, we may see a little wet snow in the far western and southern Metro area. Read on for all the details.

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This Week in Colorado Weather: April 24, 2023

The last week of April will undoubtedly be an interesting one weatherwise across the Front Range as a potent spring storm bears down on Colorado in the coming days. While we still have some concerns about the storm’s track and exactly how low snow levels will come, this will be a classic upslope event with impacts ranging from thunderstorms to soaking rain to heavy wet snow for our area. Furthermore, there will also be another smaller but colder storm late in the week with accumulating snow chances. The Front Range forecast this week sure is busy! Let’s get into it.

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