Denver’s first snowfall of the season is headed for the city on Wednesday, but little is expected to stick, according to the National Weather Service.

Less than an inch of snow is expected to fall in downtown Denver on Wednesday, according to NWS forecasters.

Forecasters said other metro area cities — including Arvada, Aurora, Centennial, Highlands Ranch, Lakewood, Littleton, and Parker — could see up to 2 inches of snow accumulate.

Most of the Denver area snow is expected to fall Wednesday morning, but a Freeze Watch will be in effect from Wednesday evening through Thursday morning, NWS forecasters said.

The watch will be active from 10 p.m. Wednesday through 9 a.m. Thursday and covers Denver, Fort Collins, Boulder, the western suburbs of Denver, Castle Rock, Greeley and Byers.

Frost and freeze conditions overnight Wednesday — including temperatures as low as 22 degrees — could kill unprotected vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing, forecasters said in the alert.

The snowstorm headed for Denver arrived in Colorado’s mountains Tuesday morning, according to NWS meteorologists. Colorado’s highest peaks and mountain passes could see more than 20 inches of snow before the storm moves out Wednesday.

Mount Zirkel, the highest summit of the Park Range of the Rocky Mountains, could see up to 20 inches of snowfall between Tuesday and Wednesday, forecasters said. McClure Pass, Buffalo Pass and Wolf Creek Pass are also expecting more than a foot of fresh snowfall.

NWS forecasters issued a Winter Weather Advisory until 3 p.m. Tuesday for the San Juan Mountains, including Cumbres Pass and Wolf Creek Pass.

A second Winter Weather Advisory that covers the Elk Mountains, Grand Mesa, Battlement Mesa and Park Mountains above 9,000 feet of elevation will remain in effect until noon Wednesday.

Roads, especially bridges and overpasses, will become slick and hazardous, forecasters said in the advisories. Travel could be very difficult to impossible.

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While performing at the historic Red Rocks Amphitheatre for his For Friends and Family Tour on Monday evening, Shawn Mendes addressed his sexuality, speaking directly to his fans during the intimate moment.

“I was really young when I started. I was 15 years old,” said the singer-songwriter from the stage. “The truth is that I didn’t get to do a lot of 15-year-old things and discover parts of myself that you do at 15.”

“There’s this thing about my sexuality, and people have been talking about it so long,” he added, saying it was “kind of silly, because I think sexuality is such a beautifully complex thing, and it’s so hard to just put into boxes.”

“It always felt like such an intrusion on something very personal to me. Something that I was figuring out in myself, something that I had yet to discover and still have yet to discover it,” he continued. “The real truth about my life and my sexuality is that, man, I’m just figuring it out like everyone. And it feels really scary because we live in a society that has a lot to say about that. And I’m trying to be really brave and just allow myself to be a human and feel things. And that’s all I really want to say about that for now.”

Mendes began to play his unreleased track, “The Mountain,” which he’s been playing throughout his tour. The lyrics see the musician sing: “You can say I’m too young/You can say I’m too old/You can say I like girls or boys, whatever fits your mold.”

When speaking to the crowd on Monday, Mendes touched on his journey while penning the new song. “Writing the song felt really important to me because it felt like a moment where I could address it in a way that felt close to my heart,” he said. “And I guess I’m just speaking freely now, because I just want to be able to be closer to everyone and just kind of be in my truth.”

When speaking to Rolling Stone in 2018, the year he released his self-titled third studio album making Mendes the third-youngest artist to achieve three Number One records, the singer opened up about the invasive comments and speculations about his sexuality online.

“I thought, ‘You fucking guys are so lucky I’m not actually gay and terrified of coming out,’ ” he told Rolling Stone at the time.. “That’s something that kills people. That’s how sensitive it is. Do you like the songs? Do you like me? Who cares if I’m gay?”