Overview

• Winter weather advisories cover high elevations in Colorado and Wyoming with 4 to 10 inches expected on mountain passes and localized totals over a foot on the tallest Front Range peaks, including up to 14 inches on Longs Peak.
• Denver is forecast to miss the snow but pick up more than an inch of rain by midnight, with a window for thunderstorms during the day, according to NWS hourly guidance.
• Freeze watches and frost advisories extend into parts of Wyoming, Idaho, Washington and Montana, plus Colorado’s San Luis Valley, with warnings that cold could damage crops and unprotected plumbing.
• Forecasters and state officials urge extra travel time and caution on high routes as the first storm of the season can be especially hazardous.
• Rocky Mountain National Park temporarily closed sections of Trail Ridge Road on Tuesday as snow and deteriorating conditions developed at higher elevations.