Sunday was sunny and cold, then on Sunday night clouds returned and we saw a brief snow shower.

Now on Monday early morning, the mid-mountain snow stake shows a dusting of accumulation, and snow is falling lightly. During Monday morning, expect snow showers with just light accumulations due to an unfavorable southwest wind, then during Monday afternoon and Monday night, the wind direction will switch to blow from the west-northwest and northwest which will be more favorable for snow. The best turns should be on Tuesday morning’s first chair with a total of 3-6 inches.

On Tuesday, snow showers will continue with northwest flow. This is a fickle situation as sometimes northwest flow delivers more snow than expected, and sometimes it fizzles out. In this case, with diminishing moisture, my expectations are on the lower side, but it is still something to watch.

On Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, another batch of moisture will move in which could lead to at least some flakes and light accumulations.

Wednesday night through Thursday morning should be dry.

Then another storm will bring snow from Thursday into Friday with a possibility for 4-8 inches and the softest turns on Friday.

The weekend of December 19-20 should be mostly dry though nearby storm energy could produce some flakes.

During the week of Christmas, there will be storminess across the western US, but unfortunately, it looks like luck will not be on our side and that a lot of this storminess will miss Colorado. Our best chance for snow will be around Wednesday, December 23rd. Then we’ll see dry conditions between about December 24-28, with more snow possible as we get closer to the new year.

Thanks for reading and check back each morning for daily updates!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Monday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 0” (24 hours Sunday 500am to Monday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Sunday 400pm to Monday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 7” Thursday Night to Saturday Night (Dec 11-12)

Terrain
* 12 of 23 lifts
* 38 of 152 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 83%