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It's a busy day for meteorologists in Colorado today as we have had a slew of weather watches, warnings and advisories issued this afternoon. Everything from Winter Weather to High Fire Danger is expected from this afternoon through Monday.
Latest Winter Weather Watches/Warnings
**Winter Storm Watch**
Timing
WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
Cities/Areas Included
FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...
BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...
ROGGEN
Snowfall
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE HIGH DENSITY SNOW WILL TEND TO SETTLE AS IT ACCUMULATES...SO THAT SNOW DEPTHS COULD REMAIN LESS THAN 8 INCHES.
Impacts
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
**Winter Storm Warning**
Timing
In effect from April 15, 12:00 PM MDT until April 17, 06:00 AM MDT
Cities/Areas Included
CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
Snowfall
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.
Impacts
ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SNOW-COVERED AND SNOW PACKED...POSSIBLY LEADING TO ROAD CLOSURES. DENSE AND HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREE BRANCHES MAY CAUSE TREES TO FALL... OR BRANCHES TO BREAK OFF.
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
Fire Weather Advisories
**Red Flag Warning**
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 242...AND 244 THROUGH 251... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 242...244...245...246... 247...248...249...250 AND 251. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...INCREASING WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL ALLOW ANY FIRES TO SPREAD RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED LIMITED SPRING GREENUP.
I keep seeing all kinds of different forecasts. Is this a hard storm to nail down? I live in the original Meadows area and I’m like ack!
It’s a bit stressful. They are talking about possible broken trees and power lines. They don’t mention what city may get it. So I’m like ok, I guess that’s Castle Rock? Waiting is hard!
If you are in the Castle Rock area, keep a close eye on your trees and plants. Especially any trees that are budding or showing leaves already. If the snow does fall and accumulate on them, it will be very dense and very heavy. Unless the storm falls apart by Friday night, expect problems for trees in our area.
It absolutely is Pamela. We are pretty certain the mountains and foothills will get hammered with snow, but as you get below about 6,000 feet the models are still predicting big snow but the temperatures have to cooperate. If it stays too warm we may get nothing at all, if colder than expected we could see a foot or more! Snowstorms that come after the last week of March are notoriously tricky and have a habit of humbling us every once and awhile.
Gotcha. Thank you!