Report requires 3 to 5 foot snow in Colorado over the next few days

More snow is about to hit Colorado, according to the National Weather Service – and it could be very important in the middle of a relatively dry winter.

A first round of snow is expected to fall and from Monday night to Wednesday, peaking between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. More ties of snow will move through the state during this period, with officials warning Coloradans of potentially smooth pendants in the front area on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

Mapping shows that tops along the continental gap north of I-70 should get the deepest totals in the most likely scenario for this first wave along with tops in the Southwest Colorado’s Wolf Creek Pass. These totals should reach around a foot with widespread snow ranging from flurries to six inches elsewhere.

Meanwhile in an advanced scenario, a great deal of snow could fall into the eastern plains, with total up to a foot possible along the state’s border to Kansas.

See cards showing both scenarios below and continue to roll for information about more snow that may be on the way:

After this round with snow to start the week, short -term mapping indicates that heavy snow may be on the way this weekend. Much of Western Colorado is included on the map ‘Risk of Heavy Snow’ from National Weather Service for dates 15 February to 17 February.

The daily OpenSnow The report helps determine how much snow can be expected through Friday in ski areas around the state, which shows that Wolf Creek is likely to get the most fresh powder – for the melody of 31 inches. Remember that more snow probably also falls from Saturday to Monday.

A report from Denver Gazette’s Jonathan Ingraham shows that between three and five foot snow will be possible in the mountainous areas of central and southern Colorado through February 18.

From February 10, state snowpack levels are approx. 82 percent of the long -term norm for the date in which southwest Colorado is the region that hangs behind what is typically most at only 62 percent of the norm for the region. Help puts these figures into perspective, the state is in the 18th percentile compared to other snow seasons dating back to 1987. Meanwhile, Southwest Colorado is in the 13th percentile.

Find additional weather information about National Weather Service Website.