Colorado Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 5 years ago January 24, 2019
Wednesday night update – you’ll have fun on Thursday morning
Summary
From Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday midnight we’ve seen 1-10 inches of snow with the deepest amounts over the northern mountains as expected. Snow will continue through Thursday late morning so totals will be even deeper over the north. Light snow could continue over the northern mountains through Saturday, then the next storm will bring some snow and cold air on Monday into Tuesday.
Short Term Forecast
This is a short post written on Wednesday night. I am traveling and cannot post a typical report on Thursday morning. I will resume the normal schedule on Friday morning.
More stoke!
Thanks for the reader-submitted pictures!
Keep these pictures coming ([email protected])! I want to see the deep fluff from Thursday AM!
Wednesday night’s snow
We saw snow begin late on Wednesday afternoon and now as I write this around midnight on Wednesday night, the top totals are in the 6-10 inch range.
Steamboat, about 8-10 inches between midday Wednesday and midnight Wednesday.
Vail, about 7 inches between Wednesday sunset and midnight Wednesday.
Winter Park, about 9 inches from afternoon Wednesday to midnight Wednesday. The cam is cleared at 4 pm so some of the snow was cleared.
Snow will continue, favoring the northern mountains (and north side of the southern mountains) through midday Thursday, adding at least 3-6 more inches to the totals above.
The snow quality will be superb, blower powder at a ratio likely near or above 20-to-1 (20 inches of snow to 1 inch of liquid). There will be face shots. You will have fun. Get out there!
Related: This trip report from Steamboat Powdercats on Wednesday, January 23rd written by a friend of OpenSnow, meteorologist Derek Van Dam from CNN.
https://opensnow.com/news/post/trip-report-steamboat-powdercats-january-2019
Extended Forecast
Most of the snow will wind down on Thursday midday, though we could see additional waves of lighter snow through Saturday morning across the northern mountains.
Then the next shot of snow will arrive on Monday along with very cold air which will stick around through Tuesday.
Thanks for reading and check back Friday morning for the next update!
JOEL GRATZ
I will be on the road (skiing!) through February 8th and while I will try to post every day in the morning, as usual, occasionally my posts might be a bit shorter or go live at somewhat different times. Thanks for understanding that I need to get my powder fix as well:-)
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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
About Our Forecaster
Joel Gratz
Founding Meteorologist
Joel Gratz is the Founding Meteorologist of OpenSnow and has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 2003. Before moving to Colorado, he spent his childhood as a (not very fast) ski racer in eastern Pennsylvania.
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