NOAA has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Colorado!

They are calling for 6-12″ with amounts up to 15″ in higher elevation passes.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER PASSES BY
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
-NOAA Boulder, CO Today

Arapahoe Basin has received 2″ in the past 7 days, but that’s about to change with a forecast like the one pictured above!

Winter Weather Advisory for Colorado:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
248 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016

...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND SNOW RETURNS TO THE REGION...

.ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN PLAINS
STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL ARRIVE BY TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. COMBINED WITH THE SNOW MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL
MOVE IN TUESDAY WITH HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY 30 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
AND LOWS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE
RANGES, GORE PASS, RABBIT EARS PASS, CAMERON PASS,
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS, RABBIT EARS RANGE,
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, WILLOW CREEK PASS, BERTHOUD PASS,
BRECKENRIDGE, EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE,
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE, EISENHOWER TUNNEL, INDIAN PEAKS,
KENOSHA MOUNTAINS, MOUNT EVANS, WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS,
AND WINTER PARK
248 PM MST MON DEC 5 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL START TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ARRIVING TUESDAY
  EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER PASSES BY
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD BUT
  SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL INCREASE BY TUESDAY EVENING MAKING
  HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL DECREASE BY TUESDAY EVENING AND
  OVERNIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS THAT COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS