Monday was a mostly cloudy day with a high temperature in the 20s to low 30s.

Now on Tuesday, we should see some more sunshine, and temperatures will once again top out in the upper 20s to low 30s. Also, more terrain should open on Tuesday with additional terrain likely to open by the end of the week.

A storm will track to the south of Colorado from Tuesday to Thursday, and we will likely see only clouds and occasional snow showers with a low chance of meaningful snow accumulations. Temperatures each day should top out in the upper 20s to low 30s.

From Friday through the middle of next week, most of the Rockies will be in a dry weather pattern, and that includes us here in Colorado, so look forward to sunshine and warm-ish temperatures with daytime on-mountain highs in the 30s. The low sun angle of mid-December will preserve our snowpack, but we will not see any new snow.

The longer-range forecast continues to hint at a return to stormy weather during the final 5-10 days of December. However, I do not know when the next storm will arrive, as some of the longer-range data shows snow returning as early as about December 20-21st and other data shows that the transition to stormy weather will take longer with snow not returning until at least December 23rd or beyond. Let's hope that snow during the final week-ish of December makes up for the upcoming week of dry weather!

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Tuesday morning

New snow mid-mountain (from the snow stake):
* 0” (24 hours Monday 500am to Tuesday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Monday 400pm to Tuesday 500am)

New snow summit (from the snow stake):
* 0” (24 hours Monday 500am to Tuesday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Monday 400pm to Tuesday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 3” Sunday Night (Dec 10-11)

Terrain
* 15 of 23 lifts
* 81 of 181 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 101%