Colorado weather: Denver area to get up to 6 inches of snow

A midweek snowstorm is forecast to bring up to half a foot of snow to the Denver area and nearly a foot to the mountains according to the National Weather Organization Snow could start in Denver as early as p m Tuesday but the city s strongest chances for winter weather will be between a m and p m on Wednesday according to hourly forecasts from the weather function Forecasters expect snow to start in the mountains Tuesday morning before moving into the Denver area and Eastern Plains according to a hazardous weather outlook The heaviest snowfall is forecast for the Park Range of the Rocky Mountains according to the outlook Lighter snowfall is expected across the Interstate corridor Interstate from Denver to Kansas and the Palmer Divide Snow will create hazardous voyage conditions throughout Wednesday especially along mountain passes and the I- mountain corridor As of Monday afternoon snow forecasts included up to A trace on the northeastern plains including Julesburg and Sedgwick inches in Broomfield Boulder Lafayette and Littleton inches in Arvada Aurora Centennial Commerce City Denver Denver International Airport Estes Park Golden Highlands Ranch Northglenn and Superior inches on I- s Floyd Hill U S s Muddy Pass near Kremmling U S s Rabbit Ears Pass near Steamboat Springs Colorado s Willow Creek Pass near Granby Colorado s Hoosier Pass near Breckenridge and U S s Kenosha Pass near Fairplay inches in Lakewood Parker Georgetown Franktown Roxborough Park Evergreen and on the Keystone Ski Area Summit inches on U S s Loveland Pass and at Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park inches in Castle Rock and Conifer inches in Eldora and Winter Park and on U S s Berthoud Pass near Winter Park and Colorado s Cameron Pass near Walden inches in Allenspark and on Milner Pass in RMNP And inches on Mount Zirkel the highest summit of the Park Range Related Articles Guanella Pass closes for season in Clear Creek Park counties vehicles involved in pileup crashes that shut down I- in Glenwood Canyon Nearly flights delayed a dozen canceled Sunday at DIA Colorado weather More snow headed for mountains Denver area Hundreds of flights delayed dozens canceled at Denver International Airport Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter