Another round of snow will sweep from the Rockies to the Plains and Midwest as a cold weather pattern grips those regions in the final days of October.
A southward plunge of the jet stream from the Rockies into the central United States has entrenched a pipeline of arctic air over those regions. An area of low pressure will tap into that cold air and produce a stripe of snowfall from the Rockies to the Plains and Midwest.
The Weather Channel has named this system Winter Storm Bessie.Moderate to heavy snow has moved into the Denver metro area for the Tuesday morning commute.
Denver International Airport had already picked up 2 inches of snow between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. MDT.
Tuesday-Tuesday Night
Snowfall from this system on Tuesday will mostly be in parts of northern Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and the High Plains of Nebraska and Kansas.
Snow will continue in Denver much of the day. Roads are expected to be snow-covered and slippery for the Tuesday morning and evening commutes, so plan accordingly.
Overnight, the snowfall and some freezing drizzle will expand south and east toward the Texas Panhandle, much of Kansas, southern Nebraska, northern Missouri and northwest Illinois.
Wednesday
An area from the Colorado High Plains and the Texas Panhandle northeastward through Kansas, southern Nebraska, northern Missouri, southern Iowa and northwest Illinois could see light to moderate snowfall during the daytime.
Snow will wind down in the Rockies early Wednesday.
The heaviest snow from this storm will be in the mountains and adjacent High Plains of Colorado. Denver could pick up another 6 to 12 inches of snow Tuesday into Tuesday night.
The snowfall forecast in the Plains and Midwest is still somewhat uncertain and will depend on how much moisture from the storm system overlaps into the cold air.
At least light to moderate accumulations are possible from the Texas Panhandle and northwestern Oklahoma into Kansas, southern Nebraska, northern Missouri, southern Iowa, northern Illinois and northern Lower Michigan. Most areas will see less than 6 inches of snowfall through Thursday.
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