diff --git a/src/__tests__/abbreviateForecast.test.ts b/src/__tests__/abbreviateForecast.test.ts
index 32f400a7..1c06a7e5 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/abbreviateForecast.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/abbreviateForecast.test.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ describe("forecast truncation", () => {
     expect(abbreviateForecast("amount 5 - 10 mm", forecastLengthWanted)).toStrictEqual("amount 5-10mm");
     expect(abbreviateForecast("local amount 5 - 10 mm", forecastLengthWanted)).toStrictEqual("local amount 5-10mm");
     expect(abbreviateForecast("amount 15 - 30 mm", forecastLengthWanted)).toStrictEqual("amount 15-30mm");
+    expect(abbreviateForecast("amount 5 - 10 cm", forecastLengthWanted)).toStrictEqual("amount 5-10cm");
+    expect(abbreviateForecast("local amount 5 - 10 cm", forecastLengthWanted)).toStrictEqual("local amount 5-10cm");
+    expect(abbreviateForecast("amount 15 - 30 cm", forecastLengthWanted)).toStrictEqual("amount 15-30cm");
     expect(abbreviateForecast("midnight", forecastLengthWanted)).toStrictEqual("12am");
     expect(abbreviateForecast("temperature steady", forecastLengthWanted)).toStrictEqual("temp steady");
     expect(
diff --git a/src/lib/conditions/forecast.ts b/src/lib/conditions/forecast.ts
index 8f8d0509..242774bc 100644
--- a/src/lib/conditions/forecast.ts
+++ b/src/lib/conditions/forecast.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ export function abbreviateForecast(
   abbreviatedSummary = abbreviatedSummary.replace(/amount (\d+) - (\d+) mm/gi, "amount $1-$2mm");
   if (abbreviatedSummary.length <= maxCharacters) return abbreviatedSummary;
 
+  // squish up the snowfall amount predicitons
+  abbreviatedSummary = abbreviatedSummary.replace(/amount (\d+) - (\d+) cm/gi, "amount $1-$2cm");
+  if (abbreviatedSummary.length <= maxCharacters) return abbreviatedSummary;
+
   // temperature steady
   abbreviatedSummary = abbreviatedSummary.replace(/temperature/gi, "temp");
   if (abbreviatedSummary.length <= maxCharacters) return abbreviatedSummary;