You’ve probably heard by now that much of eastern Colorado, including Denver, is likely to get walloped by a major blizzard on Wednesday.

This storm could truly be in a league of its own in terms of just how strong it might be.

One of, if not the main, tools to measure the strength of an individual storm is by figuring out its central pressure. In short, the lower the pressure, the stronger the storm.

The Weather Prediction Center (WPC), an arm of the National Oceanic Atmospheric and Administration (NOAA), is calling for the central pressure of the midweek blizzard to be in the 975 millibar range on Wednesday night, a figure that is nearly off the charts for Colorado. Other individual computer model simulations show the storm’s pressure dropping as low as 970 millibars — a truly extraordinary feat for Colorado, were it to take place.

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To put that into perspective, a storm with a central pressure of 975 millibars is roughly equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane. This also would potentially rival Colorado’s lowest central pressure on record.

Dr. Russ Schumacher, Colorado’s state climatologist, tweeted on Wednesday morning that the lowest pressure in Colorado that he could find was a 975.8 millibar rating in 1973.

According to the Colorado Climate Center, there is no official exact lowest pressure on record for the state. But a low pressure around 972 millibars is believed to be around the lowest measured pressure in state history. This is based on data from the WPC.

Additionally, this storm could be a rare Colorado cyclone that could meet the official definition of bombogenesis, an official term used to describe an extreme intensification of a storm. In order for a storm to officially undergo bombogenesis, or a bomb cyclone, it must drop 24 millibars or more in 24 hours or less. Current model simulations appear to show that rapid transition taking place between Tuesday night and Wednesday night.

Storms of this extreme magnitude are more common along the East Coast during the winter when a sharp temperature divide between the warmer Atlantic Ocean clashes with the much colder land mass helps form potent nor’easters.

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But in Colorado, the lack of a major nearby body of water usually means we don’t see storms quite as strong as this week’s could be. That said, however, an unusually mild and humid air mass lifting north out of the Gulf of Mexico will collide with cold, Arctic air to the north on Tuesday and Wednesday. Coupled with a potent jet stream, this will help potentially create the setup for the strongest Colorado storm in years, at least in terms of barometric pressure.

The end result of a storm this strong? Winds that could be pushing 80 mph in Colorado’s eastern plains, according to the National Weather Service, a number that could inflict serious damage on eastern Colorado. Major travel disruptions will likely take place, in addition to power outages. Additionally, young livestock could be in high danger during the heart of calving season.

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Chris Bianchi is a meteorologist for WeatherNation TV.