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By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 1 year ago March 26, 2023

Cold with more snow

Summary

The next storm will bring flakes from later Sunday to later Monday with at least a few inches of accumulation.

Update

Saturday was a chilly day with a high temperature in the 5-10°F range on the hill and the weather was a mix of breaks of sunshine, clouds, and snow showers that delivered a dusting on Saturday and a dusting on Saturday night.

Sunday will be another mixed day with some sunshine, some clouds, and some snow showers, and the high temperatures will be a little warmer and rise to around 10-15°F.

Sunday afternoon to Monday afternoon will bring another round of snow. The storm energy will be strong but moisture will be lacking due to the cold airmass, so I am keeping my snow expectations low with just a couple of inches likely by Monday midday. That said, a few higher-resolution forecast models show deeper totals by Monday midday, so keep your eye on the snow stake to see if there will be a bit of magic on Monday.

Tuesday, Wednesday, and most of Thursday will be dry and warmer with daytime highs of about 30-35°F. These days will feel like spring with plenty of sunshine most of the time and more clouds by later on Thursday.

The next storm will bring snow from Thursday night to Friday evening. My early read on this storm is that Friday will be the day with the best chance for powder, and total snowfall could be 5-10 inches with the chance for snow getting better throughout the day on Friday due to moisture and storm energy that will wrap around the system and back into Colorado.

In the longer range, we should see mostly dry weather on Saturday, April 1, and Sunday, April 2, then another storm should bring snow from later Sunday, April 2 through about Tuesday, April 4, with yet another storm possible between about Friday, April 7 and Sunday, April 9.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Sunday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 0-1” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 500am)
* 0-1” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 500am)

New snow Blue Sky Basin:
* 0-1” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 500am)
* 0-1” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 23” Monday to Sunday (Mar 20-26)

Terrain
* 33 of 33 lifts
* 275 of 275 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 117%

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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