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Conditions

• New Snow (Mid Mountain snow stake)
  • 0” Wednesday 500am to Thursday 500am (24 hours)
  • 0” Wednesday 500pm to Thursday 500am (12 hours)

• New Snow (Summit snow stake)
  • 0” Wednesday 500am to Thursday 500am (24 hours)
  • 0” Wednesday 500pm to Thursday 500am (12 hours)

• Last Snowfall
  • 6” Sunday Night to Tuesday (December 8-10)

• Snowpack
  • 92% of the 30-year median

• Terrain
  • 17 of 23 lifts
  • 81 of 181 trails

Thursday

Thursday will start with an inversion (colder temperatures at the base, warmer temperatures at the summit) and the rest of the day will be partly cloudy with a high temperature in the upper 20s to low 30s.

Next Storms

While the weather pattern will not be favorable for significant snow during the next two weeks, at least we'll see a few weak storms bring snow to the mountain during the next seven days.

• Friday, December 13: Snow is likely on Friday midday through Friday at midnight. Expect 2-4 inches with softer conditions on Friday afternoon and again on Saturday morning.
  
  
• Sunday, December 15: Snow is likely on Sunday and Sunday night, though I still have low confidence in the details. Pencil in 2-4 inches of accumulation with softer conditions possible on Sunday afternoon and Monday morning.
  
  
• Wednesday, December 18: Snow is likely on Tuesday night or Wednesday, though I continue to have low confidence in the details. Pencil in the chance for a few inches of new snow and softer conditions on Wednesday.

Longer Range

For the rest of December, the weather pattern will likely be unfavorable for significant storms. We might see a storm around December 23-26, but that's grasping at straws just a bit.

In terms of snow quality, we have a solid base and the low sun angle of December will continue to preserve our snowpack, so we're in an okay spot even if we do not see significant storms for the rest of the month.

In early January, the longest-range forecasts show a higher chance for colder and stormier weather. Because this stormier signal for early January has been in the longer-range forecasts for the last one to two weeks, the persistence of this signal increases confidence that it will happen.

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• Town of Hayden (6,400 ft)

My next update will be on Friday morning.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com