Several areas of the state will likely get moderate to heavy snow over the next two days.
Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Boulder issued a Winter Storm Warning for several counties in the northeast corner of the state, and the Front Range Mountains and foothills could see up to 11 inches of snowfall by Friday.
Snow showers coming off the mountains and foothills could move into Denver, which could get one to two inches of snow Thursday and Friday.
A cold front will drop Denver’s high temperature Thursday to 37 degrees, and rain and some thunderstorms could hit the metro area Thursday afternoon. There’s an 80% chance of showers Thursday that will turn to snow by 7 p.m.
The Front Range Mountains and foothills are in a winter weather advisory from 11 a.m. Thursday until 5 p.m. Friday for between five and 11 inches of snowfall.
Thursday evening and Friday morning commutes will be most affected by hazardous road conditions.
Counties in the northeast plains could see up to 10 inches of snow and dangerous road conditions as well. The winter storm warning there lasts until 11 a.m. Friday morning.
Forecasters expected a band of heavy wet snow to develop mainly along and north of Highway 36 in Yuma County around 9 a.m. and persist through the afternoon. Snowfall rates of two to three inches per hour are possible in this area.
