Scattered rain showers are expected in Southwest Colorado Sunday evening through Wednesday, with the best chance to see rain coming Tuesday.
The moisture will fall as scattered snowfall in the high country, above 8,500 feet in elevation, said Dan Cuevas, technician with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.
“We’ll have a series of storm coming through, nothing exceptionally strong. Tuesday looks like the best day for a chance of precipitation. Tuesday starts out with a 20% chance in Durango and builds through the day to a 50% chance,” Cuevas said.
The storm Tuesday might bring about one-tenth of an inch of rain in Durango.
The forecast for Cortez is similar: a good chance of rain expected on Tuesday, but a slight chance of showers through Wednesday.
Silverton and Telluride could see intermittent snow Sunday through Wednesday, with periods of snow broken up with mostly sunny skies.
Tuesday, the chance of snow in Silverton ranges from 60% to 90% and from 40% to 80% in Telluride.
Cuevas expected snowfall in Silverton to range from 4 inches to 8 inches from Sunday through Wednesday, but he said periods of sun will come in and melt some of it away. Wednesday morning, he said, Silverton might have a couple of inches of accumulation.
The snowfall will provide help to the seasonal snowpack, which has now fallen well below 100% of the 30-year average.
According to Colorado SNOTEL, as of Sunday Southwest Colorado had only 89% of the 30-year average snowfall.
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