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By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 4 years ago December 8, 2019

Update

Sunday’s 5 am snow report shows that 1-2 inches of snow fell late on Saturday night.

Through late afternoon on Sunday, expect just light-to-moderate snow showers. Then a cold front will move through between 4-6 pm and this is when we should see a burst of intense snow. Snow will then continue through Sunday night and likely taper off by Monday mid-morning. I still like a storm total of 5-10 inches with most of this falling on Sunday afternoon and Sunday night. Monday morning should offer the softest turns thanks to the light snow from Sunday and the fluff that falls on Sunday night.

Following the lingering snow showers on Monday, we should see dry weather from Monday night through Thursday.

Then from Friday, December 13 to Monday, December 16, things could get interesting. Most models are hinting that northern Colorado could see snow during all four of these days and that the accumulation could be significant. We are still about one week away from this multi-part storm, and I do not want to over-promise. But my interest is piqued and I’ll let you know if the forecast trend continues to point to multiple powder days around next weekend.

Thanks for reading and check back each morning for daily updates!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Contact me: [email protected]

Snow conditions as of Sunday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 2” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 500am)
* 2” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 500am)

New snow Blue Sky Basin:
* 1” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 500am)
* 1” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 2” on Saturday night (Dec 7-8)

Terrain
* 15 of 31 lifts
* 68 of 195 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 104%

About Our Forecaster

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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