The Denver weather forecast remains fairly quiet with only limited rain chances over the next 48 hours.

A winter storm expected to dump 3 to 9 inches across the Denver metro Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.

Denver7 is tracking the latest Colorado weather forecast and alerts as a few strong-to-severe storms are firing on the Plains on Saturday.

Rain is coming to Denver Monday in the mid to late morning hours. There is a chance the state could see a mix of rain and snow by the afternoon, and speaking of snow, there is a winter storm warning for Rocky Mountain National Park and the Medicine Bow Range. Those areas could see 8-18” of snow through tonight.

Steady rain and snowfall in Colorado bring much-needed drought relief, with recent totals surpassing several months combined, but it's not a full recovery.

The Denver weather forecast includes better storm chances Sunday afternoon with a small risk of strong to severe storms along the Front Range.

The Denver weather forecast includes widespread soaking rain on Monday with snow likely mixing in at times.

The U.S. Drought Monitor map, run by NOAA, the National Drought Mitigation Center and NASA, still had Denver County sitting in a “severe drought” as of May 19. Parts of Jefferson County just west of Denver, like Lakewood and Golden, are in “extreme drought,” one level higher than Denver.