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762 FXUS65 KBOU 200022 AFDBOU Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 522 PM MST Thu Feb 19 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Light to briefly moderate snowfall expected across the mountains Friday morning through Saturday morning. - Next chance (60%) for light snow across Denver & I-25 Corridor is Friday afternoon and Friday night. - Dry most of the weekend into early next week. Chilly start to the weekend, but a strong warming trend Sunday - Tuesday. && .DISCUSSION /Through Thursday/... Issued at 130 PM MST Thu Feb 19 2026 Current radar imagery shows light snowfall across the Front Range mountains, with dissipating snow showers for the northern plains. Expect scattered snow showers through the afternoon for the high country, with 1-2" in additional accumulation, mainly for the Park Range and northern Front Range. Some showers may spill off the mountains into the adjacent plains for the next few hours. With temperatures hovering around freezing to slightly above freezing, flurries are expected. Precipitation will gradually end this evening across our forecast area. An upper level trough is progged to move through Colorado Friday morning and afternoon. Models indicate decent QG ascent over northern Colorado as the system passes, however the best lift will be south of us. With relatively light 700-mb flow over the high country causing weak orographics, mainly light snowfall (