Saturday in Colorado Springs is forecast for a little bit of everything as a powerful low-pressure system moves across Colorado.

We’re tracking two rounds of active weather. Round one will continue to move through this morning, with our snow level at around 8,000 feet. Heavy wet snow will fall in Woodland Park and Teller County as a whole where a Winter Storm Warning is in effect. I’m expecting 10-14″ of heavy, wet snow in Woodland Park, with higher totals at higher elevations.

Strong upper-level low pressure is tracking through the Four Corners region this morning. As it does so, A frontal boundary is rotating north through the Front Range Corridor. It will stall in the general vicinity of the Pikes Peak Region, leading to rounds of showers and thunderstorms. At times, this will produce some snowflakes, particularly above around 7,000 feet. But in Colorado Springs itself, the ground will remain too warm for any flakes to stick.

This afternoon, patchy showers will continue in the Pikes Peak Region, with steadier snow in Woodland Park and the high country. Round two will form later, leading to thunderstorm chances this afternoon. The best chance for a severe cell is on the east plains with a particular focus on Kiowa County. Showers will wrap up in the Pikes Peak Region this evening as the boundary pushes south as a cold front, eventually leading to a drier airflow to cut off precipitation by early Sunday.

Overall, this is a great drink of water after a very dry month – we’ll pick up more than an inch of needed rainfall out of this storm, and likely more. Temperatures remain cold today in the 30s to 40s – strongly depending on where it’s raining/snowing and how heavily.

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Leftover moisture will lead to afternoon thunderstorms on Sunday. Sunday morning will be nice, with clouds increasing in the afternoon. This will be a more typical springtime thunderstorm pattern for Colorado with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. If you plan to travel, above 8,000 feet, these storms will fall with snow – meaning travel into the high country will remain tricky Sunday afternoon. Plan accordingly. We’ll dry out and warm up Monday to Wednesday with temperatures rebounding to the 70s in the Pikes Peak Region under mainly sunny skies.