Latest Forecast: Pacific Moisture Brings Heavy Mountain Snow, Everything Misses Denver

By Ashton Altieri
DENVER (CBS4) – A westerly flow in the atmosphere across the entire western region of the country will allow moisture to stream directly from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains through Wednesday. This will result in periods of heavy, wet snow for the mountains along with gusty winds.
The same westerly flow will produce downslope for Denver and the Front Range resulting in mild, breezy, and mainly dry weather. The one exception to the dry forecast in the metro area i