Saturday Night

On Saturday night, the storm arrived and delivered intense snow for a couple of hours around midnight. As of 4 am, the mid-mountain snow stake showed 7 inches with the summit snow stake closer to 8 inches.

Sunday

The powder in the morning looks slightly dense and may do a nice job covering the harder base surface. During the morning, there should be a lull in the snow, then during the midday and afternoon, we should see snow intensify as the cold front moves back to the north. I have low confidence in the snow forecast, though I'll estimate 2-5 inches during the midday and afternoon. The high temperature will be in the teens.

Sunday Night

On Sunday night, snow should continue, with amounts of 2-8 inches, and totals will depend on the exact location of the more intense bands of snow along the cold front. Again, I have low confidence in the details of the forecast.

Monday

On Monday, there should be powder in the morning due to the snow on Sunday night, and snowfall could wane during the morning and during the day as the storm tries to move away (some storm energy will linger over Colorado). The high temperature will be in the teens.

Tuesday & Wednesday

On Tuesday and Wednesday, unorganized storm energy will cross Colorado from west to east and this should generate additional snow. I also have low confidence in this part of the forecast, and I'll estimate a broad range of 2-6+ inches as the snow total across Tuesday and Wednesday. The high temperature will be in the 20's.

Thursday & Friday

On Thursday and Friday, a more organized storm will move across Colorado, though it may track too far to the south to put us in the crosshairs for the most snow. We could see a few additional inches of snow on these days with high temperatures in the low 20s.

Saturday & Sunday (March 9-10)

I think that Saturday and Sunday will be dry with high temperatures in the 20s to low 30s.

Next Week (March 11-15)

Additional waves of storm energy should track close to or over Colorado, so we should see more snow. Again, though, I have low confidence in the details, so we'll figure it out as the time gets closer.

My next update will be Monday morning.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Sunday morning

New snow mid-mountain (from the snow stake):
* 7” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 500am)
* 7” (Overnight Saturday 500pm to Sunday 500am)

New snow summit (from the snow stake):
* 8” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 500am)
* 8” (Overnight Saturday 500pm to Sunday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 7” Saturday Night (Mar 2-3)

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

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 109%