It's a gorgeous morning across Colorado with lingering clouds along and north of I-70. These clouds will dissipate through the morning hours and it should be mostly sunny for the rest of the day.

The most noticable thing about this morning is the cold air and wind. Temperatures hit about 10F this morning around 12,000 feet, and winds are gusty over the peaks as the jet stream lingers over Colorado.

The big winner from yesterday's storm was Steamboat with about 14 inches measured at mid mountain. The cold front moved very slowly across the western half of the state on Thursday night, and this likely helped to provide more precipitation to the area. Also, the main energy from this storm was over northern Colorado and southern Wyoming, so this contributed to the high totals as well since Steamboat is only 40 miles from the Wyoming border.

Areas along the northern divide also did well with about a foot at Loveland, probably 8+ inches at Abasin, and up to or more than a foot around Cameron Pass. About half of the snow for these areas fell during the cold front passage on Thursday night, with the rest falling in post-frontal snow showers Friday afternoon and Friday evening.

Temperatures will be chilly today with highs in the 30s for many mountain areas, but highs will rise into the 40s on Sunday and up to near 50 degrees for the rest of the week. The plains will be even warmer with highs in the 70s for most of the week.

The next storm will arrive on Thursday night and Friday (sound familiar?!) and should bring snow to most of the state. This next storm will be a bit warmer and weaker than yesterday's storm, but it should still provide about 6+/- inches to most mountains with a snow level over 7,000 feet.

The exact storm track is still tough to pin down. The most likely track will be from the desert areas of southern Nevada and Utah toward the northeast through Colorado. If the storm track moves through northern Colorado, central and northern areas will get the most snow just like this last storm. If the storm takes a more southern track through the state, the San Juans could be the winner. My gut says the storm will track through central or northern Colorado, but since it's still six days away, I won't have a better idea of the track until about Tuesday or so.

Have a blast playing outside this weekend!

JOEL GRATZ