Wednesday started out with snow showers and light accumulations, then we saw some sunshine, then we closed out the day with more snow showers.

During Thursday and Friday, we should see periods of snow showers and periods of dry weather. Overall, the wind direction from the southwest is not favorable for much snow, but I can’t rule out some flakes.

From Friday night through Sunday night, a powerful storm will track through southeastern Colorado. This is usually not a favorable storm track for significant snow here at Copper, but the storm’s strength might bring us at least some snow from later Friday night through Saturday morning. Then from Saturday morning through Monday morning, the counter-clockwise rotation around the storm means that our wind direction will change to blow from the north and northwest which is more favorable for us, and this could be when we see steadier snow. The best powder should be on later Saturday, Sunday, and Monday morning and total snowfall could be 10-20 inches.

The next storm is still on track to arrive in Colorado around Tuesday and Wednesday, March 16-17. Forecasts show anything from a significant system with plenty of powder all the way to a weaker storm and just a few snow showers. I’ll keep you updated as the forecasts come into more agreement.

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

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Thursday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 1” (24 hours Wednesday 500am to Thursday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Wednesday 400pm to Thursday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 4” Tuesday Night & Wednesday (Mar 9-10)

Terrain
* 22 of 23 lifts
* 147 of 152 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 79%