A quick-hitting winter storm will bring accumulating snow across Colorado in the next 12 hours.Radar will gradually fill in on Wednesday evening, with snow expanding across the high country first. As precipitation moves toward the Front Range overnight,

The heaviest snow totals are forecast Thursday in the mountains, southern foothills and Palmer Divide, but large swaths of the state will get a taste of winter

After Friday, the storm will dissipate, and we’ll be left with more dry weather, with possible wind events happening Saturday and late next workweek. “It is so dry that once the snow melts away, we’re going to be right back into the same fire weather conditions if we do get those couple bouts of wind,” said Barjenbruch.

The city says their prep for this storm will be a little different as they plan to pretreat the roadways with deicer ahead of the storm.

Today, Jan. 7, in Southern Colorado, temperatures will stay above normal, with most areas reaching the upper 50s and some spots climbing into the low 60s. Winds will be calmer than in recent days, with gusts mostly limited to higher terrain and the high country.

Snow is back in the forecast for Colorado, with two moderate storms bringing precipitation to all three mountain zones over the next five days. Colorado’s snowpack is still hurting, but Mother Nature is chipping away at the deficit some,

The National Weather Service is warning of winter weather across Colorado’s mountains, including along the Interstate 70 mountain corridor, this weekend. A winter storm warning will be in place from midnight Friday through 5 a.

After the first real winter weather of 2026, Snowmass has picked up 12 inches of snow in the past 24 hours, the most snowfall of any ski resort in Colorado from this storm cycle.