Thursday

Thursday was another sunny day, and afternoon temperatures warmed into the 30s.

Friday and Saturday

Friday and Saturday will also be mostly sunny and warm with a high temperature in the low 30s each day.

Due to the calm and clear weather, morning temperatures may be colder at the base with warmer temperatures up on the hill (called an "Inversion"). And for Saturday, we should see gusty winds and more clouds during the afternoon.

Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday

On Sunday and Monday, a cold front should stall somewhere over northern or central Colorado, and while the deepest snow could fall north of Telluride, we should be close enough to the cold front to see respectable snow totals.

The first round of snow will fall from just before Sunday at sunrise through Sunday afternoon and this could deliver 4-8 inches of powder on Sunday.

From Sunday evening through Monday night, the cold front should continue to be positioned across northern Colorado, and we might see additional rounds of snow with a few inches of accumulation. There is some upside potential to this part of the forecast, but after Sunday afternoon, I have low confidence in the exact location of the intense bands of snow, so I'll provide more details in future updates, and hopefully, the storm will sag a little farther to the south.

Temperatures will likely be in the 20s on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.

Longer Range

Our next chances for a storm should be between Thursday, March 7, and Saturday, March 9, and then another storm will likely arrive between Wednesday, March 13, and Friday, March 15. These systems are still 1-2 weeks into the future, so we'll wait to work on the details until we make it through the upcoming storm on Sunday and Monday.

My next update will be Saturday morning.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Friday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 0” (24 hours Thursday 500am to Friday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Thursday 500pm to Friday 500am)

New snow upper-mountain:
* 0” (24 hours Thursday 500am to Friday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Thursday 500pm to Friday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 9.5” Sunday Night to Tuesday (Feb 25-27)

Terrain
* 17 of 17 lifts
* 138 of 147 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 86%