Most of Monday was mostly sunny and dry, then from Monday afternoon to Monday night, the first storm of the week delivered clouds and light snow accumulation with 1 inch at mid-mountain.

Now on Tuesday morning, a more favorable wind from the west will help the atmosphere to generate snow showers and maybe we'll see a couple of inches of accumulation (lower chance) on Tuesday and Tuesday evening as the first storm of the week departs and the second storm of the week heads toward Colorado.

Then from Tuesday night through Wednesday, the second storm of the week will strengthen over southwestern Colorado and this will mean that the wind will blow from the east and southeast here at Copper. A wind from the east and southeast is usually not favorable for snowfall, though snow will be falling just southeast of the mountain and maybe some of this will spill over to Copper with a couple of inches of accumulation.

For Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, expect dry and mostly sunny weather. Thursday's high temperature will be in the single digits, then Friday and Saturday will be warmer with a high temperature in the 20s.

Looking further ahead, there is still a strong signal for stormy weather early next week, with snow potentially starting to fall around Sunday, February 19, and a high chance for moderate or even significant snow totals early next week, around Monday, February 20 to Wednesday, February 22.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Tuesday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 1” (24 hours Monday 500am to Tuesday 500am)
* 1” (Overnight Monday 400pm to Tuesday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 1” Monday Night (Feb 13-14)

Terrain
* 23 of 23 lifts
* 152 of 154 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 103%