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By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 1 year ago February 6, 2023

Snowy Monday morning

Summary

On Monday, most mountains will have enough snow for a low-end powder morning with 2-6+ inches across the state. Snow showers will continue on Monday, then the next storm will bring another round of 2-6+ inches on Wednesday night with low-end powder for Thursday morning. After that, a storm will track to our south early next week, then a storm should make a direct hit on Colorado around Feb 15-16.

Short Term Forecast

Sunday was a sunny and warm day with high temperatures in the 30s and gusty winds along the ridges.

On Sunday night, the storm arrived as expected and most northern and central mountains have 2-6 inches on their snow stakes as of 4-5 am on Monday morning, and a coating to 2 inches of snow has accumulated in the southern mountains as well.

The deepest snow stake that I could find was at the summit of Steamboat with 8 inches of new snow.

Areas that are farther to the west tended to get a little more snow with 6 inches at Snowmass and 5 inches at Beaver Creek.

These numbers were from Monday at 4:00 a.m. and the steady snow should continue through sunrise around and south of I-70, so there is a chance that there will be more snow by the time lifts start spinning.

On Monday, we'll see snow showers throughout the day with additional accumulations between 1-3 inches. And on Monday night, while the snow ends for most mountains, a brief push of winds from the northeast (as the storm tracks to the south of Colorado) could produce some snow for the southeastern mountains around Wolf Creek and Cuchara.

Then from Tuesday morning through Wednesday midday, we should see dry weather as we'll wait for our next storm.

This next storm will be another fast-moving system with 2-6 inch snow totals, favoring the northern and central mountains. Snow will begin on Wednesday afternoon in the far northern mountains, move across the rest of Colorado on Wednesday evening and night, and then Thursday morning will offer enough snow for soft turns, and Thursday's temperatures will be very cold with a high in the single digits and likely lingering clouds and just light snow accumulations. Below is the preliminary snow forecast for Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday night.

Extended Forecast

Following Thursday morning's low-end powder and Thursday's cold temperatures, Friday and Saturday will be dry and warmer with a high in the 20s to low 30s. And on Sunday, we could see anything from another dry day to a few showers.

From next Monday into Tuesday, the first storm of the week will track to our south. It might be close enough to deliver snow to our southern and southeastern mountains, but that is becoming more of a long shot at this point.

Our much higher chance for snow next week will be from Wednesday, February 15 to Thursday, February 16. This storm should track close to or over Colorado with a chance for powder on either the 15th or 16th. But this system is still a little too far away for us to consider the specific details around timing and snowfall amounts.

Looking at the 51 versions of the European model below, we can see the lower-end chances for snow next Monday and Tuesday, and the higher chances (more horizontal green lines) for snow around Wednesday into Thursday. Also, there is a hint that the next storm could be around February 20.

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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