04/24/26 9:30am: Happy Friday. Here is a quick look at how the rain and snow may evolve this weekend. Still expecting most of the precip from 9pm Saturday through 6am Tue via two back-to-back storm systems.

Heaviest precip likely Sun afternoon / evening. A break on Mon am. Then more rain/snow (especially for the mountains Mon night into Tue am).

I'm also eyeing a more significant storm for much of CO and especially the front-range, next Wed-Fri (04/29 to 05/01)

For today. turning windy across much of the state this afternoon, especially over northern CO / northern front-range mountains and foothills: westerly wind-gusts of 25-50mph, strongest along/east of the Cont. Divide in Larimer and Boulder counties above 8k ft. Less wind towards Denver.

A cold-front will move into the front-range after 9pm this evening with some gusty northeast winds and cooler temps (and some clouds) but not much precip initially.

On Saturday rain showers and weak thunderstorms develop along the northern front-range (including Den/Bou) after 3pm, with a chance for isolated rain showers and weak thunderstorms from 3pm-11pm on Sat... best chances in/near the foothills. Likely high-based storms, spotty rainfall, not much precip initially for Den/Bou (but cloudy and cooler).

Rain showers and snow above 10k ft moves into western / southern CO and the mountains on Sat night into Sun am (some minor snow accumulation in spots, favoring San Juans to Elks). Some showers over the northern mountains as well.

On Sunday, initially the focus for rain/snow will be over western and southern CO through 12pm (west of Vail Pass), closer to Elks to San Juans, etc. On and off Rain/snow will continue down there through Mon night with 6-12" of new snow possible above 9500ft (San Juans, Elks, Grand Mesa, Flat Tops, Park Range).

But then the more meaningful rain/snow will spread across the rest of the north-central mountains from 12pm Sun through 6am Mon. Then more snow showers Mon afternoon into Tue am: 2-6" of new snow above 9k ft by 6am Tue (maybe half that by Mon am) for the local ski areas and higher terrain.

For Den/Bou and the front-range the main batch of rain showers and thunderstorms will likely be between 1pm-11pm on Sunday, turning wet in spots by Sun evening.

Some snow possible in the foothills above 8kft Sun nigh into Mon am: 1/2" to 3" in a few spots.

Unsettled with rain/snow in the mountains Mon into Tue.

Then like I said tracking a fairly juicy, southern track upper-level low that will impact the state from next Wed-Fri (04/29 - 05/01) but details are all over the place.... But great to see more precip coming in, could be heavy in spots.

First image loop shows forecast radar over the next 60 hours (6am this morning through 6pm Sun) from latest NAM-3km model, take with grain of salt. Second image shows forecast wind-gusts at 4pm today from latest HRRR. Image 3 is from the ECMWF AI model (AIFS) and what it shows is really the best chances for more meaningful rain/snow this weekend (the areas that are blue to pink, will be favored), don't focus on the exact amounts. Image 4 shows the precip-type/rate next Thu (04/30) at 12pm...for that next juicy storm system, we shall see.