Rockies snowstorm to end fire conditions in Colorado

Snow is expected to end the extreme fire weather conditions near Boulder, Colorado, which led to the historic and devastating fires on Thursday. As much as 5 to 10 inches of snow is expected to fall in the Boulder area, and 2 to 5 inches is expected in Denver which will be the region's largest snow of the season.

Snow began to fall in Boulder, Colorado, on Friday morning, which was a welcome sight to firefighters working hard to extinguish the Marshall and Middle Fork fires southeast of the city.

Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories are posted throughout the Intermountain West as the system that produced flooding rainfall in the Los Angeles metro area Wednesday and Thursday tracks into the Rockies, where heavy snow is expected to pile up through Saturday morning.

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Winter weather alerts are in effect across the Intermountain West on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.

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By Saturday morning, mountain ranges such as the Cascades, Sawtooth, Wasatch and the central and southern Rockies are predicted to receive 1 to 2 feet of new snow.

Snowfall totals could exceed 3 feet in the highest elevations of Utah and Colorado.

Snow forecast through Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022.

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This snowstorm will end the extreme fire weather conditions near Boulder, Colorado, that led to the historic and devastating fires on Thursday.

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As much as 5 to 10 inches of snow is expected to blanket the Boulder area. Between 2 and 5 inches of snow is predicted in Denver, which will be the region's largest snow event so far this season.

Snow forecast in Colorado through Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022.

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The snow will continue to build the much-needed snowpack across the West, which is now near or above average throughout the region.