The radar on Saturday morning looks similar to the radar on Friday morning – the snow is to our north.

Following a dry day on Saturday, the tail end of this northern storm will graze northern Colorado, and the mountains near and north of Aspen should see some flakes between Saturday sunset and Sunday sunrise.

The highest snowfall amounts of 2-4 inches should occur from Rocky Mountain National Park north to Cameron Pass and west to the Never Summer range. Other mountains should see a coating to 2 inches.

The NCAR high-resolution ensemble forecast shows the following for Copper Mountain – zero to 3 inches with an average of 1 inch. This forecast is almost sure to verify:-)

Let’s look at the 10-day snow forecast in three chunks.

The first chunk shows the forecast for the weekend of December 30-31. Just a bit of snow for northern Colorado with the deepest snow well to our north.

The second chunk shows the forecast for Monday to Friday, January 1-5. Not much happening in the western US and Canada.

The third chunk shows the forecast for Saturday to Monday, January 6-8. Don’t pay attention to the details of the snow forecast, as this will change, just notice that there is action in the west.

So, aside from the snow this Saturday night, expect dry weather for about a week, and a better chance for snow starting on or just after January 6th and continuing through the second week of January.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ

Geography Key

Northern Mountains
Steamboat, Granby, Beaver Creek, Vail, Ski Cooper, Copper, Breckenridge, Keystone, Loveland, Abasin, Winter Park, Berthoud Pass, Eldora, Rocky Mountain National Park, Cameron Pass

Along the Divide
Loveland, Arapahoe Basin, Winter Park, Berthoud Pass

East of the Divide
Eldora, Echo, Rocky Mountain National Park, Cameron Pass

Central Mountains
Aspen, Sunlight, Monarch, Crested Butte, Irwin, Powderhorn

Southern Mountains
Telluride, Silverton – north side of the southern mountains | Purgatory, Wolf Creek – south side of the southern mountains