After a beautiful time in the 60s today, things are starting to look more stormy out there as the sun sets behind darkened clouds. It’s hard to believe, but snow will be falling in less than 12 hours in most areas with temperatures dropping into the single digits and teens in a flash! We run through a final check of the models looking at snow amounts, travel impacts and those cold temperatures.
A massive and complex storm is set to slam the entire western United States over the next several days. The Front Range will catch the bitter cold and snowy side of the storm with up to a foot of snowfall possible by Wednesday night alongside record-challenging frigid temperatures. We discuss the latest timing of things, just how cold it will get, the most likely snowfall amounts for the area, and the overall impacts expected from the looming winter storm.
Premium Storm Update (2/21/23 7:00PM): After a beautiful time in the 60s Tuesday, things are starting to look more stormy out there as the sun sets behind darkened clouds. It’s hard to believe, but snow will be falling in less than 12 hours in most areas with temperatures dropping into the single digits and teens in a flash! We run through a final check of the models looking at snow amounts, travel impacts and those cold temperatures. READ HERE
The week starts out mild and at times breezy under a split-flow regime aloft combined with downslope flow at the surface. A deep and highly anomalous trough digs across the western US, Colorado, and Great Plains Wednesday and Thursday, bringing snowfall and record cold for late February. Confidence is increasing for several inches of snow to accompany the cold over portions of the Plains Wednesday, primarily from Boulder northward. The Arctic air slowly retreats by week’s end as a ridge in the southeast US builds westward.
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