The powerful spring storm clobbering Colorado will continue to drop a mixture of rain and snow on the state until the evening, forecasters say.
Some mountain areas that received up to 43 inches of new snow could get another 10 inches before the end of the day, said Scott Entrekin, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Boulder.
“The snowfall amounts have been really erratic and could change by going just 100 feet higher in elevation,” Entrekin said.
Most areas got a little bit of winter, spring and summer weather all in one storm that steadily funneled moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, he said.
Denver got between 1 and 2 inches of moisture but it was a mix of rain and snow. First, about 1 inch of rain fell at Denver International Airport, then about 5 to 6 inches of snow dropped overnight as temperatures dropped to around 32 degrees, Entrekin said.
Castle Rock got 15 inches and Boulder got between 4 and 7 inches of snow, he said.
Another 2 to 4 inches of snow will fall before it turns to rain for the remainder of the day, he said. Temperatures are expected to rise to the low 40s today, he said.
About 3 miles southeast of Pinecliffe, 43 inches of new snow fell. In Clear Creek County on St. Mary’s Glacier, 36 inches fell.
The mountains could get between 4 to 10 more inches before the storm moves out of the state later this evening, Entrekin said.
In the Denver metro area the highest snowfall areas are expected south and east of Denver, he said.
“Some places north of Denver didn’t have any snow,” he said.
Tomorrow, temperatures are expected to rise to between 45 and 54 degrees in the Denver metro area, Entrekin said.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
