While the next storm is still far to the southwest of Colorado on Saturday morning, snow showers are pushing ahead of the storm and one of those showers dropped a quick inch of snow on Steamboat on Friday evening. Now on Saturday morning, the temperature is in the low 30s at the base and the low 20s at the summit, with daytime high temperatures reaching the mid-30s under partly sunny skies.

As the storm moves closer, we could see another shower on Saturday night into Sunday morning, then we should experience a period of steady snow from Sunday early afternoon through about Sunday at midnight. Snow totals during this time should be in the 3-6 inch range and perhaps a bit more if we’re lucky. The timing of the snow means that the softest turns will likely occur during first chair on Monday morning.

Following this system, Monday and Tuesday should be dry, then we’ll see more clouds and a few showers on Wednesday as our next storm approaches. Thursday will likely be the snowiest day next week, with snow showers lingering into Friday. Snow accumulation on Thursday and Friday should be about 5-10 inches and both Thursday and Friday could be powder days.

JOEL GRATZ, Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com