Heavy snow in the Colorado high country should begin winding down after midnight, after a day of widespread heavy, deep snow across western Colorado.
But another mountain snowstorm begins to arrive in the state Wednesday night and, starting in the south, will make a slow trek to northern Colorado by Friday morning.
Steamboat Springs is expected to get a fresh 2 to 4 inches of snow Wednesday night, 4 to 8 on Thursday, with snow likely through Friday night, according to the forecast.
Aspen could get up to 3 inches Wednesday night and up to 7 on Thursday.
The Front Range mountains and foothills east of the Continental Divide and much of the southern Eastern Plains are under a high wind warning from 9 tonight until 9 a.m. Wednesday. Gusts up to 80 mph are possible along the foothills of northern Jefferson County, as well as Boulder and Larimer counties, forecasters said.
Denver has remained outside the warning areas for both wind and snow.
Tomorrow, the city is expected to have sunny skies and a high of 62 degrees, before the next system reaches the Front Range.
Denver has a 30 percent chance of snow until about 11 a.m. Thursday , with up to an inch possible, before warming up to about 43 degrees Thursday afternoon.
A 50 percent chance of snow returns to the metro area Thursday night, forecasters said.
The city has a 20 percent chance of snow on Friday, but temperatures could reach only 33 degrees.
Joey Bunch: 303-954-1174 or jbunch@denverpost.com
