NOAA is forecasting high elevation SNOW in the Rocky Mountains tonight and Friday.

Up to 3″ of snow is forecast in Montana over the next two days.

“Rain and snow will develop over the Rocky Mountain Front and across the mountains of Central MT from Thursday evening through Friday morning. Accumulating snowfall is possible, mainly for elevations above 7000 feet.” – NOAA Great Falls, MT today

Wyoming is forecast to see snow east of the continental divide.  NOAA even issued a Special Weather Statement about the coming snow (see below).

“…Strong thunderstorms today followed by mountain snow (east of the Divide) late tonight and Friday…
Strong Thunderstorms possible today especially over the northern half of the area. Hail, strong winds, and locally heavy rainfall possible in stronger thunderstorms. Tonight another cold front will bring cooler temperatures, and the potential for snow as low as 8500 feet east of the Divide late tonight and Friday.” – NOAA Riverton, WY today

OpenSnow.com is calling for snow in Colorado above 12,000-feet tonight and tomorrow.  Monarch Pass & Crested Butte should see snow.

It snowed on the top of CO’s highest peak, Mt. Elbert last night.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT for WYOMING:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
345 AM MDT THU AUG 18 2016

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK-ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-
NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-
SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL...CODY...
MEETEETSE...THERMOPOLIS...WORLAND
345 AM MDT THU AUG 18 2016

...SNOW RETURNS TO NORTHERN WYOMING MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY...

AFTER A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...A COLD FRONT
WILL SWEEP SOUTHWARD ACROSS WYOMING LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
MORNING WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION ALONG AND EAST OF THE
DIVIDE. SNOW LEVELS SHOULD LOWER TO BETWEEN 8500 AND 9000 FEET
BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9 AM FRIDAY. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW COULD
ACCUMULATE ABOVE 9500 FEET ACROSS THE ABSAROKA AND BIGHORN
MOUNTAINS. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHERN WYOMING
SHOULD END BY AROUND NOON FRIDAY. ROADS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES ARE
EXPECTED TO ONLY BE WET...EXCEPT FOR BEARTOOTH PASS WHICH WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST-
NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-
WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN-
LANDER FOOTHILLS-GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE-
NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE...DUBOIS...RIVERTON...
SHOSHONI...LANDER...JEFFREY CITY...CASPER
345 AM MDT THU AUG 18 2016

...SNOW RETURNS TO NORTHERN WYOMING MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY...

AFTER A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...A COLD FRONT
WILL SWEEP SOUTHWARD ACROSS WYOMING LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING
WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE.
SNOW LEVELS SHOULD LOWER TO BETWEEN 8500 AND 9000 FEET BETWEEN 3
AM AND 9 AM FRIDAY. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE ABOVE
9500 FEET ACROSS THE ABSAROKA AND BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. ROADS OVER
MOUNTAIN PASSES ARE EXPECTED TO ONLY BE WET.