Tuesday was a gorgeous day with mostly sunny skies and temperatures which quickly warmed into the 20s and 30s during the middle of the day and the afternoon. It was classic spring skiing!

Wednesday is going to be another spring-like day with warm temperatures and partly sunny skies.

Wednesday morning's temperatures are about 20°F warmer than on Tuesday morning.

The high temperature on Wednesday should be in the 30s and it will be another glorious spring day. Enjoy it!

Thursday will be a mixed day. The morning will be dry, then an initial line of snow will move from west to east across Colorado during the day. This line of snow should hit the far western mountains around midday and then arrive in the eastern mountains around 4-5 pm. Based on this timing, there could be a little bit of powder to enjoy for Wednesday's last chair.

Thursday night will bring additional snow to all mountains as the main storm energy crosses Colorado.

By Friday morning, snow totals should be 2-8 inches with the most snow falling farther to the west. Conditions for Friday's first chair could range from dust on crust to decent powder. Below is the snow forecast through Friday morning.

During the day on Friday, the storm will strengthen to the east of Colorado, wrap moisture and storm energy back around into Colorado, and favorable temperatures in the teens plus a wind direction from the west or west-northwest should keep the snow going.

Friday will be the sneaky part of the storm where we could have a few upside surprises and conditions could get better throughout the day at some mountains with powder that is deeper than what is shown on the Friday morning report.

The wind direction on Friday, which will be from the west or west-north, often favors Steamboat, Beaver Creek, Powderhorn, the Aspen area, Irwin, and the Telluride and Silverton area, so these spots will be favored for 3-6+ additional inches on Friday.

Also, the latest high-resolution forecast models show a decent chance for 3-6+ inches during the day on Friday around the Summit County ski areas of Copper, Breckenridge, Loveland, and A-Basin, so these spots should be watched as well.

Below is the snow forecast for the day on Friday (though, since a lot of this snow will be showery, I do not trust the exact placement of the snowy bullseyes on the map).

Friday night will bring additional snow showers until about midnight, so there could be some fresh fluff on Saturday morning.

Below is the total snow forecast from Thursday midday to Saturday morning.

Following the storm on Thursday and Friday, we will see dry weather during the weekend of Saturday, April 1 to Sunday, April 2.

The next storm should bring powder around Monday, April 3 to Tuesday, April 4. This could be a significant storm with the best chance for powder likely on Tuesday, April 4.

Then in the longer range, it appears that there will be additional chances for snow later next week or the following weekend, any time between April 6-9. Some models show a significant storm during this time while others show the stormy pattern easing with less snow for us here in Colorado.

In the distant future, it's possible that we could have at least a couple of days of dry and warm weather during the following week, around April Apr 10-12, though it is still uncertain if this stretch of dry weather will continue for a longer period of time or if we will flip back to stormy conditions.

Thanks for reading!

Joel Gratz

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