Highlights of the 2 PM Call: Spring Storm Talking Points 04/09/2019 2:00 PM - Strong spring storm will move into Colorado Wednesday morning with high winds and rain quickly changing to heavy, wet, wind-driven snow and blizzard conditions across the lower elevations. Effects will continue overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning. - It will feel warm on your way to work/school Wednesday morning until a strong cold front crosses the plains of Colorado late morning. Precipitation will start as rain with a fairly rapid changeover to snow beginning; - Noon to 2 pm Fort Collins/Boulder/Denver/Greeley - 1-2 PM Palmer Divide - After 2 PM Northeast Plains - Potentially damaging winds causing power outages will accompany the snow later Wednesday afternoon and evening, especially east of I-25 - Impacts: Afternoon/evening commute on Wednesday will be hazardous/dangerous with heavy, wet, wind-driven snow and blowing snow - Remains dangerous over the eastern plains & Palmer Divide through Thursday AM, should see improvement Denver to Fort Collins by Thursday morning. - Significant impacts at DIA due to strong winds, low visibility, and blowing snow. - Scattered power outages - Harsh transition for livestock - shelter if possible - Road temperatures will start out warm, some initial melting/slush - Rapid cooling will result in icy roads for the late evening commute, faster freeze-up where snow is blowing. - Confidence - HIGH for winds - HIGH for snow amounts in the mountains, foothills, Palmer Divide, and far northeast plains east of Akron-Sterling line - LOW-MODERATE for snow amounts I-25 corridor Wednesday afternoon into the afternoon commute. Timing of changeover and exact storm track are factors. - Snowfall Amounts: snow heavy at times - Mountains: 6-14 inches - Urban Corridor and Eastern Plains 4-8 inches, heaviest favoring west/south metro Denver to locations just east of I-25 - Amounts will vary - banded precipitation likely/heavy snow 2” per hour - Ending - I-25 Urban Corridor Denver - Fort Collins, tapers off late Wednesday night to Thursday AM - Eastern Plains: Snow tapers off Thursday morning, but strong winds and blowing snow through the day - Mountains: Thursday On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 7:40 AM Greg Hanson - NWS Federal < gregory.hanson(a)noaa.gov&gt; wrote: -- David Barjenbruch National Weather Service Boulder, CO 80305 303-494-3210