Saturday will be similar to Friday with plenty of sunshine and warm afternoon temperatures rising into the mid-20s to mid-30s.

Then snow will arrive on Saturday night and continue through Sunday midday. The combination of strong storm energy and the jet stream could create respectable snow totals, but the uncertainty of exactly where this energy will track makes me want to hedge a bit in case the steadiest snowfall stays just to the north. For now, let’s go with 1-4 inches and the likelihood for soft turns on Sunday morning through midday.

From Sunday afternoon through Monday afternoon, the next storm will enter Colorado from the southwest but we should see just intermittent showers that could result in anything from a dusting to a couple of inches.

From Monday evening through Tuesday morning, the strongest part of the storm will move across Colorado and we should see 3-8 inches and soft turns on Tuesday morning.

Then after a potential lull in the snow on Tuesday morning, from Tuesday midday through Tuesday late evening look for another round of snow as a piece of storm energy moves across Colorado from the northwest. We could see another 2-6+ inches of snow during this time with even softer turns during Tuesday’s last chair and/or Wednesday’s first chair.

I still like what I am seeing in the longer-range models with multiple storms tracking into Colorado during the first seven days of the new year.

We could see snow on January 1st, again on January 3rd, and again on or before January 6th.

Let’s hope this train of storms lives up to its potential as consistent snowfall is what often leads to the best (softest) conditions.

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

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Saturday morning

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

Last snowfall:
* 4” Tuesday Night to Wednesday (Dec 22-23)

Terrain
* 17 of 23 lifts
* 75 of 152 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 80%