‘Significant snowstorm’ in store for the Denver area starting late Tuesday: NWS

DENVER — If Colorado’s lackluster winter left you feeling a bit cheated, it appears Mother Nature is making some amends by bringing what forecasters are calling a “significant snowstorm” to the area that’s expected to impact the Wednesday morning commute and which could lead to power outages in certain areas due to downed tree limbs.

Monday will remain a fairly mild day through the early afternoon hours before a shift in the weather begins to take shape. Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will start to pop up after midday — first in the mountains and later in the plains — before a cold front from the north slides into the area.

Watch more on what you can expect from Denver7 meteorologist Danielle Grant in the video player below:

‘Significant snowstorm’ in store for the Denver area starting late Tuesday. Here’s what you can expect.

Forecasters said mountain snow will begin by late Monday while rain falls in the plains through Tuesday afternoon before it, too, transitions over to all snow by mid-to-late Tuesday evening, according to weather service officials…

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