Snow totals normal, fire danger high

Winter weather is wrapping up, but so far this year we’ve seen little snow.

“We had a warm and dry first half of March and that really dried out the fuels on the eastern plains,” said Paul Wolyn, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pueblo.

Stormtracker 13’s Jay Polk says even though it seems like the snow has been sparse, southern Colorado is still on track for snow totals.

“The very early February storm that dumped a lot of snow on both cities that actually gave us a vast, vast majority of our snow during the month of February,” said Polk.

Although we’ve seen a dry February and March, meteorologists at the NWS say things could change quickly.

“Particularly one or two big storms could really change the weather pattern,” said Wolyn.

But firefighters say while the weather is dry, pay attention to your behavior.

“Using some common sense and being aware of what’s going on in the city when it comes to our fire ban,” said Dan Spanagel, a firefighter with the Colorado Springs Fire Department.