Wednesday offered a bit of everything with 2-3 inches of fresh snow in the morning, dry weather during the day, and gusty winds of 40-60mph during the afternoon.

On Wednesday night, the main part of the storm moved through. Unfortunately, it brought more wind than snow. A wind gust reached 80mph at the summit on Wednesday night, and the new snowfall as of Thursday morning was just about 3 inches across the mountain.

On Thursday, there will be wind-affected new snow to start the morning, wind speeds will slowly decrease through the day, and temperatures will be cold with readings around 0°F.

From Friday midday through Monday morning, we'll see periods of snow showers that could deliver 2-10 inches of snow. The best chances for snow should be on Friday night through Saturday evening, and again from Sunday evening through Monday morning.

For early next week, Monday and Tuesday will be dry and warm with high temperatures in the 30s.

Then from about Wednesday, December 28 to about Tuesday, January 3, multiple storms will likely bring snow to Colorado, and we'll figure out the details as we move closer to this time period.

Thanks for reading! 

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Thursday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 3” (24 hours Wednesday 500am to Thursday 500am)
* 3” (Overnight Wednesday 400pm to Thursday 500am)

New snow summit:
* 3” (24 hours Wednesday 500am to Thursday 500am)
* 3” (Overnight Wednesday 400pm to Thursday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 5” Tuesday Night to Wednesday Night (Dec 20-22)

Terrain
* 15 of 21 lifts
* 156 of 171 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 119%