An overnight snowstorm blanketed the Denver metropolitan area and surrounding foothills, causing treacherous travel conditions and prompting widespread weather alerts.

This easterly component will support upslope snow for Denver and the foothills. Precipitation may begin as rain during the early afternoon hours but will quickly flip to snow. Wet roads (from rain), accumulating snow,

Denver metro communities will go under a winter weather advisory starting at 5 p.m. Thursday through Friday morning where heavy snow is possible and accumulations could stack up to 5 to 6 inches in spots.