Snow fell throughout the day across Longmont, with more snow in the forecast through the night and Sunday. As of Saturday evening, forecasters said the storm is still on track to drop up to 1.5 to 2 feet of snow on Longmont.
Though 4 to 8 inches of snow was expected in Longmont on Saturday, National Weather Service at Boulder Meteorologist Kari Bowen said just after 6 p.m. that she didn’t have the day’s snow totals. She did say the storm was still expected to drop between 18 inches and 2 feet.
Longmont spokesperson Rigo Leal said there were no snow and ice removal issues throughout the day Saturday, with snow melting on the streets in the daylight hours.
“It’s calm out there for the most part,” Leal said. “I do believe we’re still called for a lot of snow tonight and tomorrow. The city’s plan remains the same. We’re preparing for a foot or more.”
Scott Rochat, spokesperson for Longmont Power and Communications, said that as of 7:24 p.m., there were no power reported outages Saturday.
Pedestrian traffic along Main Street on Saturday was scarce. La Vita Bella cafe co-owner Todd Eichorn said he “didn’t see but a few people walking around Main Street” throughout the day.
“I believe it had to do with people (going) food shopping to stock up on toilet paper and milk,” he wrote in a text message. “Today it was not busy, but lunch had a little pop so that was good. Not great, but I will take it.”
In Garden Acres Park, where grassy slopes usually draw people to sled, there was no one to be found just after 5 p.m., when flurries seemed to be gathering strength.
Zach Hiris, meteorologist at the National Weather Service at Boulder, said snow and rain started Saturday morning in far southeast Colorado, and then the storm worked its way north.
“With this type of track, where the low pressure system is to our south. It’s not unusual for snow to spread from southeast to northwest,” he said.
Meteorologist Matt Kelsch wrote in a blog post Saturday morning the heaviest period of snow on the Front Range was expected later Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning Saturday through Sunday night. According to the forecast, Longmont was expected to receive between 4 to 8 inches throughout Saturday, with 5 to 9 inches possible Saturday night. Temperatures Saturday were expected to be in the mid-30s, dropping to the upper 20s at night.
Snow is expected to continue Sunday, with new accumulations of 3 to 5 inches possible and less than one-half inch predicted to fall Sunday night, according to the National Weather Service. Kelsch said at this time of year there’s a better “accumulation efficiency” with nighttime snowfall.
As for places in the county that will see the most snowfall, Hiris said Ward, Jamestown and Allenspark could see close to 3 to 4 feet, with Nederland and Eldora facing up to 2 to 3 feet of snow.
March is when Boulder County typically sees its heaviest snowfall of the year. While the storm is expected to drop a lot of snow on the city, Hiris said it isn’t expected to beat any records. Longmont’s record snowfall was 37 inches over April 18 to April 19, 1921.
Hiris added that Saturday’s record, which was set in 1965, is 4 inches. Sunday’s record, which was set in 1928, is 6 inches.
Meteorologist Greg Byrd echoed that the weather was not unprecedented for mid-March.
“In 2003 a storm dumped 14 inches in Longmont, with much larger accumulations in the higher elevations, including 87 inches at Rollinsville,” Byrd wrote in an email. “The good news is that regardless of the snow total, we stand to get 2.5 to 3 inches of liquid from this storm, which is more than twice what we’ve had thus far since October 1.”
The National Weather Service forecasted that Monday is expected to be partly sunny, with a high near 40.
Saturday snow totals
Nederland: As of 3 p.m.: 3.5 inches
Louisville: As of 4:45 p.m.: 1.8 inches
Boulder: As of 5 p.m.: 2.1 inches
Data was provided by National Weather Service at Boulder Meteorologist Kari Bowen. Longmont totals were not available by Saturday evening.
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