Colorado’s first weekend snowstorm of spring was beginning to take shape Wednesday as the first wave of an upper-level atmospheric disturbance crosses the state.
Denver has a 30 percent chance of rain Thursday night though Friday afternoon, then turning to snow showers.
Denver has Friday night and Saturday, and a 40 percent chance of snow Saturday night.
The city will have a slight chance of snow Sunday, with a forecast high of 31 degrees.
A winter weather advisory is in effect for the Elkhead and Park mountains, Grand and Battlement mesas, the Gore and Elk mountains, the central mountain valleys, the West Elk and Sawatch mountains, the Flattops and western San Juan mountains until 6 p.m. Thursday.
The advisory area stretches the length of the state could pickup from 4 to 8 inches, with the heaviest snow between midnight and mid-morning Thursday.
A larger system could cross the state Friday night and Saturday morning, with the heaviest amounts of snow over higher elevations near Vail and Steamboat Springs, forecasters said.
The National Weather Service, as of Wednesday afternoon, had not predicted a snow total for the Denver metro area this weekend, as the track of the storm and an approaching cold front this weekend are uncertain.
