While a few flurries may fly over the weekend and into Monday, according to National Weather Service reports, other forecasting groups say there are two opportunities for “real” snowfall in the next 10 days. 

A hazardous weather outlook calls for a “sharp cold front” to move over Colorado Saturday, bringing winds between 35-50 mph across the mountains and plains. While forecasts released Friday morning called for potential snow showers at higher elevations and in areas like Breckenridge, the chance of precipitation has fallen off as of Friday afternoon. 

Another forecaster is saying weather systems could produce snow in the next week and a half. OpenSnow Founder and head meteorologist Joel Gratz wrote in his blog that Thursday, Oct. 23, could bring a “brief period of snow” in the morning for mountains near the Interstate 70 corridor, offering the potential for a few inches of accumulation. 

A larger system on Monday, Oct. 27, could amount to a “real” storm, Gratz wrote, with cold temperatures and a possibility for “intense” snowfall, but since it’s so far out, he said folks will have to wait as the storm moves closer. 

As La Nina conditions set in across the United States, the long-range weather forecasts just released by the National Weather Service is calling for equal chances of either above- or below-normal precipitation while temperatures in Colorado are expected to be slightly above normal. The eight to 14 day outlook has improved, calling for above normal temperatures but above normal precipitation, which can translate to high-elevation snowfall. 
For more weather outlooks, visit OpenSnow.com or Weather.gov/bou.