Thursday will start sunny and then clouds should increase later in the day with snow showers beginning in the evening and continuing through Friday morning. This will be the first in a series of three storms, and this first storm will likely be the weakest, delivering just a few inches to Copper.

Then after a break on Friday afternoon and Friday night, the second storm should start snow showers on Saturday and the snow will continue through Sunday morning. There is a better chance for more significant snow later Saturday night into Sunday morning, so Sunday first chair could be a low-to-moderate powder morning with 3-6 inches of accumulation.

Then after another short break on Sunday, snow will begin again on Sunday night and should continue through Tuesday. The best chance for deeper powder (6-12 inches) will be on Tuesday, and if we’re lucky, a few snow showers could stick around through Wednesday and perhaps even Thursday.

JOEL GRATZ, Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com