Colorado weather: Strong winds and blowing snow through Front Range and foothills

Strong winds are blowing through Colorado’s Front Range and foothills Sunday, kicking up snow from Saturday.

Gusts of up to 80 mph will continue through 5 p.m. Sunday, making travel difficult for high-profile vehicles, according to the National Weather Service.

High winds may result in blowing snow and reduced visibility, especially over mountain passes and areas that saw the worst of the snowstorm that moved out Saturday morning, NWS forecasters said on social media.

Sunday morning, 88 mph winds hit Coal Creek Canyon, 74 mph winds were measured Berthoud Pass, and 72 mph winds blew through Dakota Hill, topping the NWS’s peak winds tracking list.

Highway 93 between Boulder and Golden, open areas in the foothills and higher mountain passes above the timberline will be most vulnerable to blowing snow, the NWS said in a hazardous weather outlook Sunday.

With light snow falling throughout the day, mountains in northern Colorado with north-west facing slopes could see up to 4 inches of snow accumulate Sunday, with 2 inches projected for the rest of the mountains, the hazardous weather outlook stated.

Light snow will continue to fall through Tuesday, when another storm system is expected to hit Colorado, including the Denver metro area, according to the hazardous weather outlook.

Weather will be drier and warmer towards the end of the week, NWS forecasters said.

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