Colorado weather: Light snow falls overnight in mountains

Light snow will fall Tuesday overnight into Wednesday in Colorado’s mountains, with minimal accumulation expected, according to the National Weather Service.

As of Tuesday morning, expected snow totals from the weather service included:

• Traces of snow in Breckenridge, Castle Rock, Georgetown, Grand Lake and Nederland, with up to 1/2 inch possible.
• 1/2 inch at Eldora, the Keystone Ski Area Summit and Winter Park, with up to 1 inch possible.
• 1/2 inch on Colorado 9’s Hoosier Pass near Breckenridge, U.S. 40’s Rabbit Ears Pass near Steamboat Springs, Interstate 70’s Vail Pass and Colorado 125’s Willow Creek Pass near Granby. Up to 1 inch will be possible.
• 1 inch on U.S. 6’s Loveland Pass, U.S. 34’s Milner Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park and U.S. 40’s Berthoud Pass near Winter Park. Up to 2 inches of snow will be possible.
• 3 inches on Colorado 14’s Cameron Pass near Fort Collins, with up to 4 inches possible.

Snow was already falling early Tuesday morning in parts of Colorado’s mountains, and was forecast to continue through 4 a.m. Wednesday, according to hourly forecasts from the weather service.

In lower-elevation areas expecting snow, the wave of winter weather likely won’t arrive until after 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to the weather service.

No snow is expected to accumulate in the Denver area, but forecasters said up to 1/2 inch of snow will be possible if the storm is stronger than anticipated.

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