Generally 1-3 inches of snow across the plains, Urban Corridor and foothills today. Arctic air mass firmly entrenched and will be with us for a little while. Major winter storm in progress across much of the central and northeast U.S. today into Wednesday, with strong to severe thunderstorms across the deep South and Southeast. Lots of travel issues that will have ripple effect for air travel across much of the country Wednesday.
Temps in CO expected to remain very cold through late this week. Single digit highs and lows below zero Wednesday and Thursday, with some gradual warming on Friday into the weekend. Snow mostly ending tonight and some light flurries on Wednesday, but little if any additional accumulation expected, although low clouds and fog will hang around much of Wednesday over the plains and foothills.
Next upstream system will begin to bring snow to western CO on Thursday with snow expected to remain west of the Divide through Friday. Snow continues west of the Divide Friday with low clouds continuing east of the Divide. Snow will be nearly constant in the mountains through early next week, with only minor breaks. Some snow may push east of the Divide from Saturday night into Monday as steady stream of moisture from the Pacific moves across CO, but amounts east of the Divide look to be light. Heavier snow will fall west of the Divide. Temps will be closer to seasonal norms this weekend. After system moves through Monday night, Tuesday through Thursday look mostly dry with near normal temps next week, then next system will bring snow to western CO Friday into Saturday, with some snow possible east of the Divide Friday night into Saturday. Models suggest upper ridge will begin to build along the west coast by late next week, but the ridge appears to be much weaker than in January and looks to allow Pacific system to move through ridge versus up and over, so CO should continue to receive periodic moisture through mid February, but if the upper ridge becomes stronger and moves eastward, this could shut off our precip into late February.
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