A winter storm is about to carry heavy snow to the Front Range mountains and foothills beginning Wednesday, although forecasters are nonetheless unsure how a lot snow will fall in metro Denver.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for the Entrance Vary mountains and foothills beginning Wednesday morning, with as much as 2 toes of snow forecast to fall within the mountains of Summit County, Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park, Indian Peaks and the Mosquito Vary, Drugs Bow Vary and Entrance Vary foothills.
As much as 3 toes of snow might fall in remoted areas and wind gusts of as much as 35 mph are attainable, in line with the company.
The storm’s observe is still uncertain, NWS Boulder forecaster Caitlyn Mensch mentioned Monday night time.
“That uncertainty may have impacts on quantities, and that particularly goes for adjoining areas just like the western I-25 hall,” Mensch mentioned.
The storm is predicted to final till Friday morning. Forecasters may have extra certainty about snow totals for Denver and surrounding areas 12-36 hours earlier than the storm, the agency posted on X.
