Looking back, on Saturday (January 13th), there was very fun powder in the northern mountains, and clouds and light snow showers hung over the northern mountains during the day and through Saturday night.

Now on Sunday morning, only a few clouds are still hugging the peaks over the northern mountains, and these clouds should dissipate through the day. That means that nearly all areas of Colorado will be dry and mostly sunny.

On Monday, a weak storm will push into Colorado from an odd direction – the northeast. This will bring light snow (1-3 inches) to eastern mountains, like Cameron Pass, Rocky Mountain National Park, Eldora, and Echo. I think other areas of the northern mountains, closer to I-70 and near and west of the divide, will see lighter snow amounts, from a few flurries to perhaps 1-2 inches.

On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, most of all of the state will be dry. The rogue storm that I was tracking during the middle of the week now looks like it will weaken as it moves near Colorado, so I removed snow from the mid-week forecast.

Here is the total snow forecast from Sunday through Thursday. Most of the snow in Colorado will fall on Monday.

All models are still showing a significant storm, with snow beginning on Friday afternoon and continuing through Sunday. Most mountains should get at least 5-10 inches and some spots will likely have more.

Initially, on Friday afternoon, winds from the southwest will bring snow to parts of the southern and south-central mountains. Then as the storm moves over and past Colorado on Friday night and Saturday, the wind direction will switch to blow from the west and then northwest, and this will bring snow to the rest of the central and northern mountains.

I think Saturday will be a powder day at nearly all mountains, and northwest flow could keep the snow going on Saturday night, so Sunday morning might be another powder day at areas favored by northwest flow, most likely in the northern mountains. Temperatures from Saturday into Sunday will cool to the single digits, which might be a bit too cold for northwest flow to deliver snowfall amounts as large as we saw with the past storm on Friday (January 12th).

Following the Friday-to-Sunday storm, we will likely see a few days of dry weather early the following week, with another storm possible on or around Wednesday, January 24th.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ

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