Snow will start falling in the Denver area early Wednesday morning, stacking up multiple inches as it continues throughout the day, according to the National Weather Service.
The winter storm expected to start Tuesday in Colorado’s mountains and move into the Denver area after midnight, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, will mark this season’s first impactful snow for the Interstate 25 corridor, weather service forecasters said on social media.
A winter weather advisory will go into effect at midnight and remain active until 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to the weather service.
“Plan on slippery road conditions and slow travel,” forecasters stated in the advisory. “The hazardous conditions will impact the Wednesday morning commute, with potential for slick roads to persist into the evening commute as well.”
The Boulder and Denver metro areas — including parts of Boulder, Jefferson, Broomfield, Douglas, Adams, Arapahoe and Elbert counties — can expect between 3 and 5 inches of snow, according to the advisory.
As of Tuesday morning, snow forecasts from the weather service included up to:
- 6 inches in Brighton, Broomfield, Boulder, Commerce City, Lafayette, Littleton, Northglenn and at Denver International Airport;
- 7 inches in Arvada, Aurora, Centennial, Denver and Highlands Ranch;
- 8 inches in Golden, Lakewood, Parker and Roxborough Park;
- And 9 inches in Castle Rock and Larkspur.
Snow is most likely in the Denver area between 1 a.m. and 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to hourly forecasts from the weather service.
Outside of the metro area, forecasts included up to:
- 8 inches at the Keystone Ski Area Summit and on Vail Pass;
- 9 inches on Interstate 70’s Floyd Hill and U.S. 285’s Kenosha Pass near Fairplay;
- 11 inches on U.S. 6’s Loveland Pass and Colorado 14’s Cameron Pass near Walden;
- 12 inches at Eldora, in Winter Park and on U.S. 40’s Berthoud Pass;
- 13 inches on Mount Zirkel, the highest summit of the Park Range in the Rocky Mountains, and Milner Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park;
- And 14 inches in Allenspark;
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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