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By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 18 days ago December 7, 2024

Sunny Saturday, breezy Sunday, some snow on Monday

Summary

Saturday will be gorgeous and sunny, we'll see dry weather with gustier winds on Sunday, and then a storm will bring cold air and some snow on Monday and Tuesday.

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Conditions

  • New Snow (Mid Mountain snow stake)
    • 0” Friday 500am to Saturday 500am (24 hours)
    • 0” Friday 500pm to Saturday 500am (12 hours)
  • New Snow (Upper Mountain sensor)
    • 0” Friday 500am to Saturday 500am (24 hours)
    • 0” Friday 500pm to Saturday 500am (12 hours)
  • Last Snowfall
    • 10” Monday Night to Wednesday (November 25-27)
  • Snowpack
    • 146% of the 30-year average
  • Terrain
    • 6 of 17 lifts
    • 29 of 147 trails

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Saturday

Saturday will be yet another day with a morning temperature inversion.

On Saturday morning, temperatures at the base will be colder (low 20s) with warmer air at the summit (mid-20s).

For the rest of Saturday, expect mostly sunny skies and warmer temperatures with a high in the low-to-mid-30s.

Sunday

Sunday will be dry, partly sunny, and cooler with a high temperature in the mid-20s. Also, winds will be a little stronger with gusts of 15-30 mph during the midday and afternoon.

Monday and Tuesday

On Monday and Tuesday, a storm will impact Colorado.

I have high confidence in the temperature forecast. The high on both days will be in the low-to-mid teens. Dress warmly!

In terms of snowfall, my expectations of low. The storm's energy will be splitting as it moves across Colorado, and this should lead to lower snow totals. I think a dusting to 2 inches is a reasonable estimate, with the highest chance of snow from Monday midday through the early evening.

On Monday night, clouds and a few snow showers may hang around, and then on Tuesday, the storm will move away and skies should be mostly sunny.

From a powder perspective, I do not think that Monday or Tuesday will be powder days, but a little refresh will be nice and could soften conditions just a bit on both days.

Longer Range

I expect dry and warmer weather on Wednesday, December 11, and Thursday, December 12.

Then from Friday, December 13 to Thursday, December 19, multiple storms could bring snow to Colorado. At the moment, none of these systems look impressive, so I am keeping my expectations low. It could be worse (no storms in the forecast) and it could be better (lots of snow in the forecast).

In the meantime, we have a solid base, the low sun angle of early December will help to preserve our snowpack, and more terrain should open over the coming days and weeks, so we're in an okay spot for early December, despite the ten days of dry weather that is following Thanksgiving.

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My next update will be on Sunday morning.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

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Joel Gratz

Founding Meteorologist

Joel Gratz is the Founding Meteorologist of OpenSnow and has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 2003. Before moving to Colorado, he spent his childhood as a (not very fast) ski racer in eastern Pennsylvania.

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