Colorado snow forecast: Multiple feet expected in the Rockies amid winter storm warnings

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Heavy snow showers of 1 to 2 feet are expected to blanket in the Colorado Rockies and Intermountain West this week, with isolated areas seeing up to 4 feet of the white stuff as a cyclone moves inland, forecasters say.

Snowfall is expected to peak between Tuesday and Wednesday, with 10 to 20 inches impacting high elevation areas above 9,500 feet, the weather service in Boulder reported. Winter weather advisories go in effect Tuesday night for the Palmer Divide ridge in central Colorado and the state's southern foothills.

Rainfall will either be replaced or accompanied by snow early Tuesday for the Denver metro area and the Palmer Divide, according to the service.

Heavy accumulations of snow are forecast along the Continental Divide, where winter storm warnings are in effect from 11 p.m. Monday through 5 a.m. Thanksgiving morning. The weather service in Pueblo wrote on X that a mix of rain and snow is likely over the plains and mountain valleys on Wednesday but said the exact details are uncertain.

Meanwhile farther east, several inches of snow are also expected over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan as snow showers continue across the upper Midwest and lower Great Lakes.

Denver-area snow forecast

Pueblo-area snow forecast

Colorado weather map

National weather map

National weather radar

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