Breckenridge Daily Snow

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By Sam Collentine, Meteorologist Posted 4 years ago December 8, 2019

Update

The storm arrived on Saturday night and delivered an inch for Sunday morning's report. Temperatures are currently in the 20s and they won't move much through midday Sunday.

The snow machine will quickly ramp up through Sunday afternoon. As we've discussed over the past few mornings, winds from the west-northwest and cooler temperatures will take over through Sunday evening and into early Monday morning. This will combine to bring us periods of heavy snow through Sunday night and possibly into Monday morning if the northwest flow can really get cranking.

In total, look for 4-8 inches from midday Sunday through midday Monday, with Monday morning being a great time to ride the powder wave. Last chair Sunday could also be fun if the storm can deliver a few inches of dense snow before 4 PM so keep an eye on the snow stake cam to watch the snow pile up!

Following the fun on Sunday and Monday, dry weather will prevail on Monday night and continue through midday Thursday. Daytime highs will rise into low 20s on Tuesday and back into the low 30s on Wednesday and Thursday. Overnight lows will drop into the low teens each night.

Looking ahead to next weekend, our full attention will turn to two rounds of snow. The first will arrive on Friday, December 13th, with the second swinging into Breckenridge around the evening of Saturday, December 14th and into Sunday, December 15th. Friday (12/13) and Sunday (12/15) will the time to watch for more soft turns.

After another break during the week of Monday, December 16th, all longer-range models point to a stormy pattern for the Western US beginning around December 22nd. 

Thanks for reading and stay tuned!

SAM COLLENTINE

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Sam Collentine is the Chief Operating Officer of OpenSnow and lives in Basalt, Colorado. Before joining OpenSnow, he studied Atmospheric Science at the University of Colorado, spent time at Channel 7 News in Denver, and at the National Weather Service in Boulder.

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