The National Weather Service has released their updated mapping for a storm that continues in Colorado, depicting hard-to-believe snowfall forecasts for some parts of the state.
For reference, the National Weather Service issues three maps for three different potential snowfall scenarios – ‘expected’ snowfall with an 80% chance of coming to fruition, as well as a ‘high-end’ snowfall map and a ‘low-end’ snowfall map, each with a 10% chance. This report from OutThere Colorado takes a look at all three, with the period that this snowfall will take place spanning from Thursday at 5 p.m. through Saturday at 5 p.m.
While the ‘high-end’ snowfall forecast is absolutely wild, let’s take a look at the ‘expected’ snowfall forecast first.
In this ‘most likely’ scenario, Denver gets 8 to 12 inches of snow between Thursday evening at Saturday evening, Colorado Springs gets 6 to 8, and Castle Rock gets 12 to 18. Totals get even deeper farther south, with Trinidad having potential to get between 24 and 30 inches in the city itself, with up to 36 inches possible on peaks in this area.