10/28/26 8am: Morning. Prior to the bigger storm system expected Sun-Tue, models show a weaker short-wave impacting parts of the state from 3pm Fri to to 9pm Sat with some rain and snow showers favoring western / southwestern CO.

Rains showers move into southwest CO / San Juans after 1pm Fri. With some rounds of showers from 3pm Fri through 3pm Sat. Initially with this wave, snow-levels will be high, genearlly above 11k ft. There could be 1-5" of snow for parts of the upper San Juans.

Some light rain/snow shower will spread across the north-central mountains on Fri night into Sat won't be much (but a bit more unsettled on Sat).

Den/Bou and the front-range will also have a chance for some scattered, light rain showers mostly between 1pm-8pm Sat, best chance in the foothills won't be much.

The main event with heavier rain/snow moves into western CO after 6am Sun with big impacts Sun night through Mon night.

Most of the models still show a good, mostly rain event for Den/Bou and the front-range from about 12am Mon through 12pm Tue, biggest impacts Mon night into Tue am. Rain initially, then maybe a rain/snow mix or all snow by Tue morning (at the end of the event), hard to say if we get much accumulation (right on the boderline).

Foothills and Palmer Divide (above 6500ft) could get some heavy snow on Mon afternoon into Tue am (> 6" in spot), heads up there. Uncertainty is high.

In terms of wind: breezy over the mountains and foothills today and tomorrow:

Windy over parts of the central mountains and front-range mountains today from 10am-5pm: southwesterly wind-gusts of 15-30 mph, strongest above 10k ft.

That's all for now, I'll have more on the Sun-Tue storm system later tonight.

First image shows forecast liquid precip from now through 9pm Sat from latest ECMWF model. Second image is equivalent for total snowfall, this is just for this first, weak wave. Take amounts with grain of salt (could be a bit more in spots). Third image shows this leading, weak short-wave ahead of the main trough on Fri night. Fourth image shows forecast wind-gusts at 2pm today from latest HRRR model.