Latest on approaching storm slated to impact CO Mon night through Tue night

03/03/25 8am: Morning, its Monday lol. Forecast for the approaching storm is on track per my updates last night. The upper-level low is currently spinning over eastern NV and will impact CO from this evening through Tue evening. Even more watches and warnings this morning.

Parts of the northeast plains from Akron to Limon are under a Blizzard Warning from 11pm tonight through 5pm Tue: 4-8" of snow with 65 mph wind-gusts (areas closer to Sterlilng, Ft. Morgan to Deer Trail are under a Winter Storm Watch, so a bit more conditional on storm track but same hazards).

Areas near Ft. Collins, Loveland, Greeley are under a High Wind Watch from 12am-12pm Tue: wind-gusts of 50-65 mph tomorrow. Areas from Colorado Springs to Pueblo and across much of southern / southeast CO is under a High Wind Warning from 2am-5pm Tue for wind-gusts of 45-75mph.

The Palmer Divide from Castle Rock to Monument and areas near Pikes Peak (above 7k ft) are under a Winter Storm Warning from 8pm tonight through 12pm tomorrow: 4-8" of snow, 40-60mph winds.

The north-central mountains and front-range mountains from Summit east (including Summit, Grand, ClearCreek, Gilpin, western Boulder/Larimer counties) are under a Winter Storm Warning from 3pm today through 5pm Tue: generally 7-14" of new snow with northwest wind-gusts of 40-60mph

The western north-central mountains and south-central mountains from Steamboat to Vail / BC to Aspen to Telluride, etc is under a Winter Weather Advisory from 11am today to 5pm Tue: 4-12" of new snow with wind-gusts of 30-50mph

For Den/Bou and the front-range: turning cloudy this afternoon with rain showers and weak thunderstorm developing between 4pm-9pm. Then a chance for some snow / snow-showers from 9pm tonight through 5am tomorrow morning. With the forecast northwest downslope flow still not expecting much snow: only Trace-3" for parts of the urban corridor below 6k ft with best chances south of I-70. And generally 2-6" for the foothills with best chances west / southwest of Denver and towards Pikes Peak. It will be very windy on Tue as well (wind-gusts of 40-60mph).

First image shows all the current winter storm watches and warning over northern CO. Second image loop shows forecast wind-gusts over the next 48hrs (5am this morning through 5am Wed) from latest HRRR model. Third image shows forecast total snowfall over the next 48hrs (5am this morning through 5am Wed) from latest HRRR and fourth image is my slightly updated forecast total snowfall map (updated based on latest numbers).