The FOX Forecast Center is tracking the next rain and snowmaker which is expected to track from the Four Corners to the Plains and eventually the Northeast through Monday.
The developing upper-level low will slide through the Four Corners region on Friday, bringing colder air and additional snows across southern Utah and northern Arizona into the southern Rockies.
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The snow should remain light by regional standards, with generally less than 6 inches expected.
The FOX Forecast Center said this system is expected to move east of the Rockies on Friday with heavier snow developing over portions of the High Plains of eastern Colorado and western Kansas beginning late Friday and continuing into Saturday.
“I wish we could get more into Oklahoma,” FOX Weather Meteorologist Craig Herra said. “Oklahoma has been dealing with some exceptional drought conditions – even now. They got left out of monsoon, and they’ve been left out a lot of these storms.”
Winter Storm Warnings have been issued and 1 to 2 inches per hour snow rates are possible during the storm’s peak on Friday night.
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The heavy snow – as much as 5 to 8 inches expected – coupled with wind gusts approaching 40 mph will result in poor visibility. Significant travel impacts appear likely. This includes parts of Interstate 70 and Interstate 25.
As the snow moves toward the Mississippi Valley and eventually the Midwest and Great Lakes, the intensity of the snow will drop off compared to what it will be across the High Plains.
Still, accumulating snow on the order of 1 to 3 inches appears to be in the cards for cities such as Chicago, Kansas City, Detroit, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Milwaukee.
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