On Saturday night, we wound up seeing a few flakes from a weak storm moving over Colorado, and the mountain picked up about half an inch of snow.

Now on Sunday morning, clouds are giving way to some sunshine, though that will not last as another system will move into northern Colorado with snow showers on Sunday afternoon through Sunday evening. This will be another weak storm, so my snow total expectations are low, likely just a dusting to 2 inches.

On Monday, we’ll see sunshine and warmer temperatures rising into the 20s.

On Tuesday into Tuesday night, a moderately-strong storm will bring periods of potentially intense snow which should total 3-6+ inches. Snow showers should fall throughout the day on Tuesday and will extend into Tuesday night, so the softest turns should be either Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning.

The latest forecast models continue to show chances for just weak storms into mid-January with no credible evidence of a stronger storm in our future.

The next chance for light snow could be around Friday, January 8 though I continue to keep my expectations low.

From about January 9-16, it is likely that the storm track will lift to the north of Colorado, though if the storm track doesn’t go that far north, it is still possible that storms could bring some snow every few days.

I am doing my snow dances, washing my car, and everything else I can think of to make it snow more, but right now chances for big snow through mid-January are pretty low.

Thanks for reading and check back each morning for daily updates!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Sunday morning

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

New snow summit:
* 0-1” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 500am)
* 0-1” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 10” Monday to Tuesday (Dec 28-29)

Terrain
* 16 of 18 lifts
* 135 of 169 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 66%