Good Wednesday morning, and it really is a good day because we have snow in the forecast! On Wednesday expect dry weather with temperatures rising into the upper 20s or low 30s with clouds sticking around at least through the morning and maybe later in the day as well.

A storm will move from north-to-south over Colorado on Wednesday night and Thursday, and this should bring snow to Copper starting on Wednesday evening and tapering off to snow showers by Thursday morning. Snowfall should be in the range of 2-4 inches on Thursday morning, and I am keeping my snow forecast a bit on the conservative side because the wind will be blowing from the north, which is not an ideal direction for Copper (we want a wind from the northwest). No matter, there will be fresh snow to ski on Thursday morning.

Following snow showers on Thursday and dry weather for most of Friday and Saturday, a similar storm will arrive on Saturday night and should deliver 1-3 inches of snow to Copper with fresh turns likely on Sunday morning.

After that, December 18-20 should be dry, and then a few storms should move close to Colorado between about December 21-26 though I do not know exactly how these systems will affect Copper. Hope for the best and stay tuned!

JOEL GRATZ, Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com