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FILE: Heavy snowfall targets Rocky Mountains amid late-season wintertime storm
The Rocky Mountains are bracing for inches of snowfall arsenic a late-season tempest moves into the region. While the heaviest snowfall is expected successful the upland ranges of Wyoming and Colorado, FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin explains however upslope winds could assistance intensify snowfall successful lower-elevation areas specified arsenic Denver:
DENVER — Light snowfall broke retired crossed bluish Colorado and confederate Wyoming aboriginal Tuesday morning, up of a important late-season snowstorm. After a precocious somesthesia successful the debased 70s connected Monday, the mercury is rapidly dropping successful Denver, which hasn't seen measurable May snowfall since 2022.
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FILE - Several inches of snowfall tin beryllium seen covering a array successful the Denver country connected Sunday, October 29, 2023. (Heather Brinkmann)
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FILE - DENVER, CO - JANUARY 18 : Karen Utke takes a locomotion with her canine successful Denver, Colorado connected Wednesday, January 18, 2023. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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FILE- GOLDEN, CO- DECEMBER 3: A plow clears snowfall from the roadways successful Golden, Colorado connected December 3, 2025. ((Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images))
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FILE - GOLDEN, CO- DECEMBER 3: Homes successful a subdivision successful Golden, Colorado is blanketed successful caller snowfall aft wintertime tempest dropped respective inches of snowfall crossed the country connected December 3, 2025. ((Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images))
According to the FOX Forecast Center, Denver typically sees conscionable 1.4 inches of snowfall successful May, arsenic opposed to April's mean of 6.2 inches.
TRIPLE THREAT: MASSIVE COLD FRONT TO UNLEASH SNOW, SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 25+ STATES
Dense, acold aerial is rushing successful down a monolithic acold beforehand that's sweeping the federation from Maine to Texas. That volition make premier atmospheric conditions for moist aerial funneling successful from the Pacific Ocean to nutrient dense snowfall crossed the Central Rockies and the Interstate 25 corridor.
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The modulation to a rain-snow premix is expected done Tuesday, arsenic the precocious somesthesia struggles to scope the debased 40s.
Here's what prediction markets, brought to you by Kalshi, are saying astir the debased temperatures successful Denver Tuesday.
Heavy snowfall is expected to statesman crossed Colorado and Wyoming starting precocious Tuesday and peaking done Wednesday.
Denver tin expect to spot 5 to 8 inches of snowfall done Wednesday, with the upwind absorption helping shield the metropolis from higher snowfall totals.
The past clip the metropolis saw a snowstorm nutrient implicit 6 inches of snowfall successful a time successful the period of May was successful 2003.
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The top accumulations volition beryllium successful the mountains of Wyoming and Colorado, wherever immoderate of the highest peaks and passes could spot betwixt 1 and 2 feet of heavy, bedewed snow.
Colorado volition spot wide totals of 8 to 12 inches crossed the bluish and cardinal mountains, including fashionable areas similar Breckenridge and Rocky Mountain National Park.
FILE - DENVER, CO - JANUARY 9 : Jono Young of Denver clears snowfall disconnected his car successful Denver, Colorado connected Friday, January 9, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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Winter Storm Watches and Warnings person been posted for the Interstate 25 corridor from Denver to Cheyenne, Wyoming.
While the snowfall volition supply a boost to the determination snowfall pack, forecasters accidental it volition not beryllium capable to erase the effects of a historical snowfall drought this past winter.
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