Summary:

Enjoy a beautiful first run this morning ... lots of fresh snow out there! Another storm will bring 2-4 or 3-6 inches of snow to the northern half of Colorado on Wednesday and Wednesday night, so Thursday morning might be another fun time to grab first chair. The weekend looks like a "tweener" with some sun and some some showers. Another more significant storm could hit Colorado on or around Wednesday April 23rd.

Details:

Patience was key on Sunday as most areas didn't see the heavy snow until midday (the front range was the exception as snow fell during the morning hours as well). Once the heavy snow arrived, it piled up quickly as this webcam from Loveland shows about 9 inches in 3 hours between 1pm and 4pm.

The Loveland snowstake webcam recorded 3"/hr for 3 hours. Aren't annimated gifs fantastic?! Source: Loveland cam and OpenSnow timelapse

Another 4-6 inches fell after the lifts closed on Sunday, so there will be lots of fresh lines to enjoy this morning. Go get some, and dress warm as temperatures on slope are about 10F.

After dry days on Monday and Tuesday, another storm will hit Colorado from Tuesday night through Thursday morning. This storm will take a similar path to yesterday's storm, but will be weaker. I'm forecasting about 3-6 inches for most mountains from Aspen north to I-70, and there might be higher amounts at the higher elevations along and east of the divide (sound familiar?) as there will be some upslope to this storm as well. Thursday morning could be a nice powder morning, then Thursday and Friday will be dry.

Long Range:

Next weekend isn't a sure bet. We'll be sandwiched between weak storms to our north and south, so expect some showers both Saturday and Sunday, but at this point I don't think the precipitation will be continuous or signifcant, and temperatures in the mountains be in the 40s to maybe 50. The next significant storm should arrive on or around Wednesday, April 23rd.

JOEL GRATZ