Now That October Is Here, It’s OK to Start Thinking about Snow

Will it be another plot-twist winter that starts unseasonably warm, only to unleash buckets of snow later?

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Will it be another plot-twist winter that starts unseasonably warm, only to unleash buckets of snow later? Or will nightmares come true and skiers find a dry, dry winter?

There is no set-in-stone answer since predicting weather in Colorado is about as hard as predicting the Rockies' playoff chances. The one thing meteorologists in Colorado can agree on is that it's very likely we will see a La Niña season.

When Will Snow Grace Us with its Presence?

It's pretty typical for Colorado to see its first, notable snowfall the first weeks in October. Kyle Fredin, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Boulder, predicts that we're on track to see that this year—but it's probably going to be the mountains that see all the action.

"Pretty good bet that the next storm system we get in the next five, 10, 15 days will probably contain snow which will probably bring our first good, measurable event up there," Fredin said.

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