Colorado’s high mountains could see heavy snow Wednesday evening, with locally hazardous pass travel; WPC expects mainly minor impacts.

The Weather Prediction Center’s discussion, issued November 3 at 20:02 UTC and about 8½ hours old at this check, covers November 4–6 UTC. A low moving from the Great Basin into Colorado is expected to bring its heaviest snow Wednesday evening, ending before sunrise Thursday. In the Sawatch and Mosquito ranges, rates above 1 inch per hour are more than 70% likely; rates could briefly exceed 2 inches per hour. WPC gives Colorado mountains above 10,000 feet a 50–70% chance of more than 6 inches, and the highest Sawatch and Mosquito peaks a 10–30% chance of more than 12 inches. It estimates a 40–60% chance of minor impacts in many remote ranges, including possible locally hazardous pass travel. Significant ice probability across the contiguous U.S. is below 10%. WPC discussion.

For seasonal context, the October 15 Climate Prediction Center outlook favors wetter-than-normal conditions over much of California, the Southwest, southern and central Plains, Southeast and eastern seaboard for November–January. These are seasonal probabilities, not predictions of individual storms. Seasonal discussion.

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