Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday should be mostly cloudy and mostly dry. Temperatures will warm into the 30s. A storm will be approaching (hence the clouds) but its far distance from Colorado and an unfavorable wind from the south will keep most or all snow away from northern Colorado.

Friday will be a transition day. The day will start warm and dry, then around midday or afternoon a cold front will bring a burst of snow and temperatures will cool from the 30s into the 20s. Look for a few inches of snow by afternoon or early evening.

Friday night and Saturday should bring additional snow showers though a wind direction from the west and west-northwest is not best, so I think we’ll only see a few more inches of snow for a storm total of about 2-6 inches. If we do see these snow showers from Friday night through Saturday, conditions on Saturday will be relatively soft though it’s unlikely Saturday will be a big powder day unless we get some luck.

For the longer-range forecast covering the first 10 days of December, I have low confidence. We might see light snow around Tuesday, Thursday, and sometime from Saturday, December 7 to Monday, December 9. None of these systems look very strong, but I’ll gladly take a few weak-to-moderate storms to steadily build our snowpack.

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 Thursday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 0” (24 hours Wednesday 500am to Thursday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Wednesday 400pm to Thursday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 3” on Monday Night – Tuesday Night (Nov 25-27)

Terrain
* 14 of 23 lifts
* 31 of 166 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 149%