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Summary: Powder day today for the San Juans, another storm for northern and eastern Colorado on Thursday with up to 6", another storm for President's Day, then a good chance of storms through the rest of February.

Yesterday was great in the San Juans (Telluride, Silverton, Durango, Wolf Creek) and also for Steamboat where I heard the snow was much deeper than the 10" report. As promised late last week, the San Juans are getting the brunt of this storm, and it's actually not over yet. While the first storm brought snow Saturday into Sunday, a second storm swooped in from the north, dropped down toward the four corners (the point where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona come together), and is spinning additional moisture into the San Juans with southwesterly winds. In fact, here is what Wolf Creek just posted on Facebook this morning:

Three-day totals across the state include:

40" Wolf Creek
37" Durango
19" Powderhorn
18" Silverton
17" Telluride 

Today's snow will continue in the San Juans (post pictures in the comments!) but will be light snow showers for other areas of the state. As this storm pushes east of Colorado today and tonight, a few snow squalls could overspread resorts north of the San Juans, but I wouldn't expect more than an inch or two, if it does happen.

Tuesday morning will likely offer additional pow stashes in the San Juans, and the weather will be clear and dry over the entire state.

Light snow showers might fall Tuesday night through Wednesday night for I-70 and north up to Steamboat, but accumulations should be just an inch or two, if that. Other areas will remain dry through Wednesday night.

The next storm arrives late Wednesday night through Friday morning and will brush Colorado to the north and east. I think areas from I-70 up to Steamboat and along the northern divide from Winter Park up to Eldora, Indian Peaks, Rocky Mountain National Park, and Cameron Pass should see decent snow on Thursday with perhaps up to 6 inches. Other areas will see just a few inches from Wednesday night through Friday morning.

The storm will move away on Friday and it should be dry from Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon.

Then the next storm drops in on President's Day, a week from today. Still too early to know what this storm will do, but it looks like most mountains should see another round of snow.

As I've promised for the last seven days, the third and fourth weeks of February look pretty darn active. It is impossible to know exactly when and where the snow will fall, but I would expect to see storms every few days after President's Day. Sweet!

Here is one more view of the longer-range forecast. Yes, many, many lines. This is called a "spaghetti plot" for obvious reasons. Mmm, pasta sounds good! Too bad it's 9am..

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