Wednesday was warm and windy, with summit gusts of 40-50mph.

Then on Wednesday night, the storm moved through and dropped 6 inches of snow on the front side mid-mountain snow stake.

This new snow was above the 2-4 inch forecast range and was two inches higher than the mountains to our east and our west, so we did about as well as we could have. Wednesday night's storm moved through quickly with atmospheric moisture rapidly decreasing on Thursday morning, and these factors limited our snow totals from going higher.

Thursday will be cloudy with snow showers and chilly temperatures in the teens.

Friday will also be chilly with a high in the teens and more sunshine likely during the second half of the day.

This weekend will be warmer with highs in the upper 20s to low 30s. Both days will be dry, with partly-to-mostly cloudy skies on Saturday, and mostly sunny skies on Sunday.

Looking ahead to next week, there will be chances for light snow on Monday (opening day!), Tuesday, and Friday, but the big story will be chilly temperatures with highs in the teens each day and a high probability for around-the-clock snowmaking at all elevations.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Thursday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 6” (24 hours Wednesday 500am to Thursday 500am)
* 6” (Overnight Wednesday 400pm to Thursday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 6” Wednesday Night (Nov 9-10)

Terrain
* 0 of 23 lifts
* 0 of 155 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 156%