Up to a foot of snow possible in Denver with upcoming storm

It’s been a really long time since you could use these three words in the same sentence… Foot, snow, Denver, but next week it’s look very possible.

It’s still a full week out, so a lot can change, but our friends at the Denver Post are saying much of the Denver metro area could see a foot of snow next Thursday into Friday (Jan. 22-23).

A snowstorm moving across Colorado on Thursday could drop a foot of snow in the metro area and up to 16 inches on the state’s tallest mountains, according to the .

The National Weather Service’s forecast range today (Jan. 15) for how much snow was expected to fall in Denver during the upcoming winter storm is wide:

• 1 to 8 inches in Broomfield, Superior and at Denver International Airport
• 1 to 9 inches in Arvada and Denver
• 1 to 11 inches in Aurora, Golden, Lakewood and Littleton
• 1 to 12 inches in Centennial
• 1 to 13 inches in Parker and Castle Rock

There is a 66% chance that Denver will see more than 2 inches of snow, a 41% chance of more than 4 inches of snow, a 26% chance of more than 6 inches, a 16% chance of more than 8 inches and a 1% chance the city will see more than a foot of fresh snowfall, according to the weather service.

Snow is forecast to start in Denver as early as 5 a.m. Thursday and continue until as late as 10 a.m. Friday, according to hourly forecasts from the weather service.