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The winter storm forecast to start Wednesday will make for dangerous road conditions across the state.
COLORADO, USA — The Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol and Colorado Avalanche Information Center will hold a briefing Wednesday morning to discuss the road impacts of a winter storm forecast to start later that night.
9NEWS will livestream the 9:30 a.m. news conference in the video player above and on the free 9NEWS+ app on Roku and Fire TV.
The winter storm expected to impact Colorado comes three years after Denver’s last official double-digit snowstorm. A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for Denver, Boulder and Golden.
Road conditions are expected to be dangerous in several areas of Colorado, as up to 2 feet of snow could fall on Interstate 25 from Denver to south of Pueblo as well as on the Interstate 70 mountain corridor from Golden to Vail, the agencies said in a release.
The agencies said drivers should expect travel delays due to avalanche mitigation and winter maintenance operations and asked that people avoid or limit driving as much as possible through Thursday, which is expected to be the worst of the storm.
A winter weather storm system is forecast to arrive in Colorado on Wednesday, with rain turning to snow sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The worst of the impact will be on Thursday, with the storm tapering off Friday. That could mean 36 hours of rain and snow in the Denver metro area.
The National Weather Service said on Tuesday afternoon to expect 9 to 18 inches of snow along the Interstate 25 corridor in Denver, Golden and Boulder between Wednesday and Friday, with feet of snow falling in the foothills.
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