Late-season snowstorm eyes Rockies as West endures spring weather whiplash

DENVER – People successful the Rocky Mountains are going connected a upwind roller coaster this week. A important late-season snowstorm is expected to bring precocious winds and arsenic overmuch arsenic 1-2 feet of snow to the Rockies from Wednesday nighttime done Saturday. 

Ahead of the winter weather, temperatures whitethorn ascent to grounds levels successful Colorado, with highs successful the 70s to little 80s expected earlier the snowfall arrives.

Winter Storm Watches and Winter Weather Advisories are successful spot for Montana, Wyoming and Utah. 

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While Denver is expected to ascent into the 70s connected Wednesday day and again Thursday morning, the Mile High City could spot snowflakes by Thursday evening arsenic a fast-moving country of low pressure swings successful from the northwest and sends temperatures plummeting.

This country of debased unit combined with the colder temperatures volition assistance bring rainfall and snowfall to higher elevations. 

Denver volition person the accidental of accumulating snowfall by Friday. Salt Lake City, Utah, could spot accumulations arsenic well.

Snow volition persist done Friday earlier the strategy begins to determination into the Plains by Saturday afternoon.

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Snow volition scope the Sangre de Cristo Mountains successful New Mexico and San Francisco Peaks of Arizona by Friday. Flagstaff, Arizona, is forecast to driblet to 18 degrees Friday night.

Thundersnow is besides not retired of the question for eastbound Colorado into Friday. 

All told, parts of Colorado and Wyoming could spot betwixt a ft and 2 feet of snow.

April snowfall is not antithetic successful the West

While winter's grasp whitethorn look longer than accustomed this year, April is really the snowiest period for respective Western states.

Parts of Colorado, Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota each spot their top mean snowfall successful April.

Denver, Salt Lake City and Cheyenne, Wyoming, person each had their past recorded snowfall successful June.

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