Colorado Weather: Thundersnow Possible This Afternoon, Evening

DENVER (CBS4) - A weather system will move across Colorado over the next 24 hours with some spring-like characteristics in the air above us. That means the potential to see a few thunderstorms that produce snow. It seems appropriate considering that March 1 is the start of meteorological spring.

Thundersnow is simply a thundershower or thunderstorm that is producing snow instead of rain. Snowfall rates during a thundersnow event can exceed 2 inches per hour which makes it very difficult to accurately predict snow amounts for a region.

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In general we expect tonight's snow to be on the light side unless you get under a band or experience thundersnow. The link above has a more detailed discussion about snow totals.

While thundersnow will be possible anywhere in Colorado the best chance will be found on the western slope as shown on the map above.