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By Sam Collentine, Meteorologist Posted 3 years ago November 23, 2020

Fluff Potential

Summary

Off-and-on snow showers will continue to fall through Monday evening ahead of heavy snow from Monday night through midday Tuesday. Dry weather returns from Tuesday night through midday Thursday. Light snow possible on Thursday night and into Friday. Very quiet weather settles in for the first week of December.

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Our latest storm arrived on Sunday night and delivered 1 inch for Monday morning's report.

We'll now continue to receive off-and-on light snow showers through Monday evening as mild temperatures and winds out of the southwest create less-than-ideal snowmaking conditions for the atmosphere. 

The main event will then arrive on Monday night as much colder air arrives and our winds shift to blow out of the northwest. This will create good atmospheric conditions for heavy snow through Tuesday morning, especially as the storm slides into southeastern Colorado and strengthens. This backside energy as the storm rotates counter-clockwise can create very fluffy snow. Keep an eye on the mountain cams through midday Tuesday if you don't have plans to go skiing.

In total, look for an additional 5-10 inches through Tuesday afternoon. Open terrain will be limited but the turns should be fun on Tuesday morning!

Following the fun from Monday night through Tuesday afternoon, the skies should clear through Tuesday night as temperatures drop into the low teens to single-digits.

Wednesday and into Thanksgiving Day will also remain clear and dry ahead of a chance for light snow on Thursday night and into Friday morning. This storm will likely split and not do much for Colorado but we'll go with anywhere from a dusting to 1-3 inches from Thursday evening through midday Friday.

It pains me to write that the extended forecast looks very quiet and dry for at least the first seven days of December, if not longer. We could receive a few weak storms here and there but we just don't have anything exciting to kick off the month of December. Fingers crossed that this will change...

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for daily updates!

SAM COLLENTINE

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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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