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By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 1 year ago January 31, 2023

Tuesday powder

Summary

On Monday, snow fell across Colorado with 7-10 inch totals through Tuesday morning. Now on Tuesday, the northern mountains are very cold (below 0°F) and the southern mountains will continue to see some snow, which will wind down through the day. Looking ahead, the rest of the week will be dry, then there will be a chance for light snow on Saturday and more snow next Monday (February 6).

Short Term Forecast

On Monday, the narrow band of intense snow delivered a couple of hours of snow to the far northern mountains north of I-70 during the morning. It then moved south and brought a few hours of intense snow to the I-70 mountains between about 2 pm and 7 pm, and then the Aspen area saw the intense snow later during the evening and overnight. Also, to the south of this narrow band, a wind from the west-southwest delivered healthy snowfall to Crested Butte and Wolf Creek.

Now on Tuesday morning, we are seeing reports of 7-10 inch snow totals including 10 inches at Wolf Creek (it is still snowing there), 8 inches at Beaver Creek and Crested Butte, and 7 inches at A-Basin, Snowmass, Vail, and Winter Park.

As of Tuesday morning at sunrise, the snowfall is over for most mountains with clear skies, though snow is still ongoing for the far southern mountains around Wolf Creek.

On Tuesday, aside from the powder during first chair, the other main story will be cold temperatures, which range from the teens below zero around Steamboat in the north to the teens above zero around Wolf Creek in the south. Temperatures will generally rise to the single digits and teens above zero for highs on Tuesday.

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday will be dry. Wednesday will have a high in the teens with lots of sunshine, Thursday will have a high in the 20s with lots of sunshine, and Friday will have a high in the 20s with high clouds filtering the sunshine.

Extended Forecast

For the longer-range outlook, there will be a few chances for snow, though, at the moment, none of the potential storms looks that strong.

On Saturday, February 4, we might see light snow, though the latest forecast data is trending away from any measurable snowfall.

From Monday, February 6 to Tuesday, February 7, we will have a pretty high chance for light to moderate snow totals.

On Friday, February 10, a storm popped up in the forecast models and there's now about a 50/50 chance that we'll see some snow.

Then around February 12-14 will be our next opportunity for snowfall.

We have a few days of dry weather coming up to see how these next storms shape up and if we can plan for any powder days as we head into early-to-mid February.

Thanks for reading!

Joel Gratz

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Geography Key

Northern Mountains
Steamboat, Bluebird Backcountry, Granby, Beaver Creek, Vail, Ski Cooper, Copper, Breckenridge, Keystone, Loveland, Arapahoe Basin, 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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