Copper's high elevation (9,700ft at the base) is a good thing when it comes to snowmaking during times of warmer temperatures. This higher elevation means that the air at Copper is just a few degrees cooler, and every degree helps when nighttime lows are only making it into the uppers 20s. Webcams show that snowmaking was occurring on Saturday night, so even though natural snow has been limited and temperatures have been warm, it's nice to see the snow guns continuing to fire.

The forecast for Sunday and Monday is for sun and warm temperatures, rising into the upper 40s to low 50s by midday at mid-mountain.

The next chance for snow will be on Monday night when we should see 1-3 inches by early Tuesday morning. This will freshen the slopes a bit for Tuesday morning, and the storm will also drop temperatures low enough so that snowmaking might be able to occur all day on Tuesday.

Another weak storm could drop a few flakes on Wednesday night, though accumulations will be very light. Then we'll see a stronger storm bring snow to Colorado between December 3-6. This storm will likely bring more snow to southern Colorado than to the northern mountains, which includes Copper, but we should still benefit from some accumulation and colder temperatures which will allow for more snowmaking.

Stay tuned for daily updates!

JOEL GRATZ, Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com