Colorado’s northern mountains could pick up another 10 inches of snow from Wednesday night to Friday morning, the says.
The snow is courtesy of a series of upper-level atmospheric disturbances, said the forecasters who issued a winter weather advisory from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Friday for the region northeast of Rifle to the Wyoming line, including Steamboat Springs.
Other parts of western Colorado also have snow in the forecast.
Aspen has a 20 percent chance of snow Wednesday, 50 percent Wednesday night, 60 percent and 40 percent Thursday night. About an inch is expected Wednesday and up to 2 inches Thursday.
Telluride has a 20 percent chance of snow Wednesday night through Friday morning.
Any snow is critical as the state tries to rebound from a drought. Statewide, the snowpack is 76 percent of its 30-year average. The Colorado River basin, home to many of the state’s best-known ski resorts and important reservoirs, was at 70 percent of average on Tuesday, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Lakewood.
near 49 degrees Wednesday, but the city has a 30 percent chance of snow Thursday , though less than a half-inch is expected.
Forecasters expect highs of 35 degrees Thursday and Friday, before rebounding the upper 40s Saturday and mid-50s Sunday.
