Boulder County saw 8 to 10 inches of snow overnight, and forecasters are saying another foot of snow could fall today.
Local meteorologist Matt Kelsch said Boulder has already received 9.8 inches of snow as of 7 a.m., while National Weather Service spotters reported 10 inches of snow in Longmont, 6 in Louisville and 8 in east Nederland, though that Nederland total was recorded at 8 p.m. Saturday.
Some snow totals from spotters around #Boulder County this morning:
Boulder: 8.9 inches
Longmont: 10 inches
Nederland: 8 inches
Louisville: 6 inches#cowx— Mitchell Byars (@mitchellbyars) March 14, 2021
The 9.8 inches of snow means Boulder likely has already broken the snow record for March 14, which is 8.4 inches. For weather purposes, “days” are from 5 p.m. to 5 p.m., which means the overnight snowfall in Boulder would count toward today’s total.
While it is not quite the snowfall totals some were predicting earlier in the week thanks to snow starting later than expected on Saturday, the overnight accumulation has been enough to start making travel difficult.
“Please stay home and off the roads if you can,” Boulder police tweeted this morning. “The roads are snow packed, slick and vehicles are getting stuck.”
Boulder is currently on accident alert, while all city of Boulder facilities are closed due to the snow.
As of 8:30 a.m., Xcel Energy’s website shows only a few scattered outages, including 47 customers without power in Lefthand Canyon and 30 without power in Niwot.
Spokesman Scott Rochat reported Longmont has seen 71 outage calls so far, most of them on Sumner, Bross, Terry, Gay, Pratt and Sunset streets.
“These are coming in one-by-one, so there isn’t a distinct boundary of effect like there would be with a feeder outage,” Rochat wrote in an email.
Meanwhile, the forecast calls for 6 to 11 inches of snow today with winds 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
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