A little snow tonight and then a big snow this weekend

A cold front moved through Northern Colorado this afternoon dropping temperatures into the 30s. A light to moderate band of snow will quickly move through the area and deposit a quick inch of snowfall Friday afternoon and evening. Another more significant snowstorm will move into the region on Saturday and Sunday. Weather forecast models are now in better agreement and are forecasting a significant snowfall for Greeley starting Saturday afternoon and continuing into Sunday. Forecast models are predicting a favorable easterly surface wind to accompany the upper level storm system, which was lacking during our last 10″ snowfall before Halloween (north to northwest winds dried us out and prevented us from getting 2 feet of snow). Easterly surface winds will keep the lower atmosphere sufficiently moist to allow heavy snowfall to accumulate. At this time it appears anywhere from 8″ to 12″ of snow will fall by Sunday afternoon over the Northern Colorado Plains.