Monday was a fantastic powder day with a storm total of 14 inches – I hope you were out there! Also, the mid-mountain snow stake camera shows that 1 inch of snow accumulated late on Monday night as moisture and storm energy lingered over northern Colorado. Light snow is still falling as I write this forecast at 700 am on Tuesday, and this additional snow should keep yesterday's powder soft.

The rest of Tuesday and Tuesday night should be similar to Monday and Monday night with times of sunshine and times of light snow showers with perhaps a coating to 1-2 inches of accumulation.

Wednesday and Thursday will be warmer with high temperatures in the mid-30s to low-40s, and both days should also be mostly dry, though I can’t rule out a passing shower.

The next storm will arrive late on Thursday night or early Friday morning and continue through Friday night.

Unfortunately, the first half of this storm will be very warm with rain possible at the base through Friday midday or afternoon, though Winter Park's very high base elevation of 9,000 feet should mean that we will see snow most of the time even though temperatures will be near freezing.

The good news is that colder temperatures will arrive on Friday afternoon and we should see at least a few more inches of snow after lifts close on Friday, so I think either the last chair Friday or the first chair Saturday morning will be my pick as the best time to ski.

It then appears that we’ll be between storms over the weekend, so I expect drier weather on Saturday and Sunday, with snow likely returning for many days next week.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for an update each morning!

JOEL GRATZ, Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com