Copper Mountain Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 1 year ago March 22, 2023
Wednesday Stormday
Summary
Not much snow fell on Tuesday, then the storm ramped up on Tuesday night and we should see snow all day on Wednesday.
Update
Tuesday and Tuesday evening were relatively quiet with just light snow showers. Then on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, the storm ramped up, and the mid-mountain snow stake showed 3 inches of new snow at 5:00 am.
With the storm ongoing, more snow will fall between Wednesday's 5:00 a.m. report and first chair, and we should see an additional 3-7 inches of accumulation throughout the day on Wednesday. Wind gusts will be strong at the upper mountain during the afternoon which could impact lift operations and could make the snow quality denser and surfy.
Wednesday Night & Thursday is when we should see the storm wind down, but snow showers may continue at times, and snow conditions on Thursday could stay soft.
Thursday night & Friday could bring a lull in the storm with anything from partly sunny skies to continued snow showers and light accumulations.
Friday night into Saturday morning will bring another round of snowfall with 2-5 inches possible by Saturday morning and this would make Saturday a low-to-moderate powder day.
Further into the future, we will likely see a few inches of snow on Sunday night into Monday, then dry weather from Monday to Wednesday, and then another storm is likely between Thursday, March 30, and Sunday, April 2.
Thanks for reading!
JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Snow conditions as of Wednesday morning
New snow mid-mountain:
* 3” (24 hours Tuesday 500am to Wednesday 500am)
* 3” (Overnight Tuesday 400pm to Wednesday 500am)
Last snowfall:
* 5” Monday to Wednesday (March 20-22)
Terrain
* 23 of 23 lifts
* 153 of 154 trails
* Latest update
Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 97%