Winter Weather Advisory!

Things are finally coming together to bring us our first real snow of the season. A little skeptical about getting too excited about this storm given the way things have been going this season, but the National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for late tomorrow afternoon and Wednesday night. Right now the general consensus is that Denver will get anywhere from 3 - 7 inches of snow with this system, while snow-favored locations to our west and south will pick up 5 - 10 inches of snow before it is all said and done. The system should clear out Thursday morning from north to south, giving way to clouds and cooler weather.

Stay tuned as things may change in the next 24 hours!

La NoSnow

More hot weather on the way for Denver to start the week. The National Weather Service expects temperatures to near 70 degrees in some locations on Tuesday, before cooler weather arrives for the second part of the week. Our next chance of snow? Wednesday night. A good chance of snow? No. La Nina continues. In fact, we are nearly 30 inches below normal for the season with only 1.5 inches of snow recorded at DIA.

Meanwhile the northern half of the country continues to get slammed with snow, ice and wind. The Twin Cities recorded a single day snowfall record for December with 14+ plus in a 24 hour span. Take a look at this incredible picture of the Metrodome that collapsed under the weight of snow early today (msnbc).

More of the same

Our warm, dry, and completely uneventful winter continues. After tying a 125 year old record high yesterday (69 degrees), cool temperatures have returned - but only temporarily. Sunday will be a pleasant day, then cooler Monday with highs in the 40s and a slight chance of snow late in the day. Tuesday temperatures will start to climb again with highs approaching 60 by Wednesday.

Forecast updated

Things continue to come together in such a way that we may, just may see a little snow here in Denver this evening and tonight. The National Weather Service expects most locations will see 2 inches or less, but cautions that some areas may see higher amounts.

We are still on track for a pretty good warming trend after a chilly day Monday.

Another storm to skirt Denver, wallop mountains

With maybe our best chance for snow of the season so far it remains far more likely that we will see nothing than see any accumulating snow. The next winter storm has rolled into the Pacific Northwest, and much like the past several systems it will bring a healthy helping of snow to much of the Intermountain West. Most of Colorado's high country is bracing for another foot plus of snow, while Denver is only expected to get some light snow or snow showers overnight Sunday.

After a chilly day Monday, temps warm into the 50s for most of the week. The next (small) chance for precip will come again at the end of the week.

Snowy West

No big changes to our forecast over the last few days except for a slight chance for snow being introduced for Wednesday as the cold front mentioned in the previous blog slides through. At this point little to no accumulation is expected.

The rest of the western United States is bracing for more wild weather as another Pacific storm has roared onshore. Check out this warning map from the National Weather Service showing a good third of the country under winter weather warnings and advisories. The image on the right shows the snow developing (The Weather Channel).