The storm performed about as we expected with snow falling from Friday midday through Friday night and low-end powder during Friday's last chair and now on Saturday's first chair. At mid-mountain, we saw 3 inches of snow on Friday and another 1 inch of accumulation on Friday night.

Saturday: The morning will be fun with soft snow due to the accumulation on Friday night, and the weather during the day will be partly sunny with a high temperature in the mid-20s.

Saturday night to Monday afternoon: A combination of moisture, storm energy, and the jet stream will track over northern Colorado. We will be right on the edge of this setup with higher confidence for intense snow north of the mountain and low confidence about what will happen here at Copper. The best chance for snow should be between Sunday midday and Monday morning. My estimate is that we'll see a few inches of snow with the most snow staying to our north. However, if we do see bands of intense snow, be prepared for periods of 1-2 inch-per-hour snowfall and 'surprise' powder either on Sunday afternoon or Monday morning. Also, there will be strong winds on Sunday gusting in the 40-60 mph range during the day.

Tuesday & Wednesday: I think we will see drier weather during this time with daytime temperatures in the 20s.

Thursday, March 9 – Saturday, March 11: I now have medium confidence that we'll see a storm during this time period as storm energy from the west coast finally moves east into the Rockies. However, this is still about one week away and too far out to discuss details. Stay tuned.

Longer range: I have pretty high confidence that we will see snow, but pretty low confidence in the details. My best estimate for our next storm is sometime in the March 15-18 timeframe.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Saturday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 3-4” (24 hours Friday 500am to Saturday 500am)
* 0-1” (Overnight Friday 400pm to Saturday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 3-4” Friday - Friday Night (March 3-4)

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

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 97%