The combination of a cold Arctic blast and a moisture-driven jet stream from the west is creating a bout of soft roads over the Front Range and eastern Plains Friday night into Saturday morning. An initial weather alert day has been posted for a cold change.
Cold air blasted into the eastern Plains during a drive Friday afternoon, dropping a layer of freezing drizzle and fog before snow began to bury northern Colorado in snow.
Snow will continue to fall overnight until early Saturday morning. A winter weather advisory is in place for the Denver metro area and Front Range for 2 to 6 inches of snow. There may be a few convective bands that could drop isolated areas of snow that may amount to just over 6 inches.
Many mountain locations will continue to see snow through Friday night. With most of the accumulation ending Saturday morning. A winter weather advisory for more snow has been posted until 5 a.m. Saturday.
