A winter storm is about to convey 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 Nationwide Climate Service issued a winter storm look ahead to the Entrance Vary mountains and foothills beginning Wednesday morning, with as much as 2 ft of snow forecast to fall within the mountains of Summit County, Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park, Indian Peaks and the Mosquito Vary, Medication Bow Vary and Entrance Vary foothills.
As much as 3 ft of snow might fall in remoted areas and wind gusts of as much as 35 mph are potential, in keeping with the company.
The storm’s observe is still uncertain, NWS Boulder forecaster Caitlyn Mensch stated Monday night time.
“That uncertainty could have impacts on quantities, and that particularly goes for adjoining areas just like the western I-25 hall,” Mensch stated.
The storm is anticipated to final till Friday morning. Forecasters could have extra certainty about snow totals for Denver and surrounding areas 12-36 hours earlier than the storm, the agency posted on X.