A look at some forecast details for the next 2-3 days (ahead of the main storm system)

04/15/25 8:20am: Lets take a look at some details for the next few days (ahead of the bigger storm system). Overall warmer and drier for the front-range (Den/Bou) with temps getting back into the 70s. Rain/snow showers return to the mountains by tomorrow afternoon into Thu morning. It will be turning windy across much of the state tomorrow.

• For Den/Bou and the front-range: Nice weather today and tomorrow, sunny with temps in the low to mid-70s.

• Turning windy along the front-range tomorrow afternoon: 12pm-9pm with westerly wind-gusts of 20-30mph.

• Some weak rain showers also expected for Den/Bou (front-range) tomorrow afternoon evening 3pm-9pm (won't be much). Thursday will start out nice (but more cloudy) and then more consistent rain showers move in after 3pm Thu. Then rain/snow by Fri am with snow continuing into Sat am

• For mountains rain/snow showers move back into western / southwestern CO after 11am Wed

• For the north-central mountains, rains/snow showers ahead fo the main storm system primarily from 3pm Wed to 3am Thu with Trace-2" of snow in a few spots (favoring areas west of Vail Pass and south of I-70).

• It will also be turning windy across the north-central mountains from 9am-9pm tomorrow: westerly wind-gusts of 30-60mph, strongest along/east of the Cont. Divide (Front Range mountains)

• Also windy over southern CO (south-central mountains) tomorrow afternoon, westerly wind-gusts of 40-70mph (especially from SLV to Sangres and east)

• More consistent snow move back into the mountains by 12pm Thu, with much more snow from 3pm Thu through 3am Sun (that will be the main event), heaviest on Fri night into Sat am

I'll have more on the big Thu-Sun storm system tonight (refer to my post from last night for more details on that).

First image shows forecast wind-gusts at 4pm Wed from latest HRRR. Images 2 and 3 show forecast total liquid precip and total snowfall but just through 6am Thu from latest ECMWF model...some light spotty amounts ahead of the main storm.