Thursday was a picture-perfect day with bluebird skies and comfortable temperatures that rose into the 20s.

Now on Friday, we will start the day with an inversion, which means that the lower elevations are much colder than the rest of the mountain. While temperatures at the base are in the single digits, temperatures on the hill are between 10-20°F. Temperatures across the mountain will warm into the upper 20s to low 30s today and skies will remain mostly sunny.

Saturday will be a transition day with sunshine in the morning and more clouds by afternoon as the next storm approaches. Temperatures should rise into the mid-30s, so it’ll be another warm and comfortable day.

From Saturday night through Sunday a storm will track across southern Colorado. Normally, this storm track would not bring us much snow, but the storm will push a LOT of moisture across all of Colorado, and the storm will be strengthening as it moves across the state, and both of these factors make me think that we’ll see at least 2-6 inches of snow from late Saturday through Sunday, with a possibility for more than this. The storm will start warm on Saturday evening and we might see some raindrops at the base, but temperatures will cool enough so that precipitation should change over to all snow. If we do see significant snow, the best powder (or at least softest conditions) would be on Sunday midday and afternoon.

The next storm will arrive on Sunday night into Monday, and there might not be much of a break between the weekend system and this next storm. I like the chance for Monday to be a powder day because the Sunday snow should soften the base somewhat, and then the additional snow on Monday should be lighter and fluffier. Keep your eye on Monday as a potential powder day that could get better through the day.

From Monday night through Wednesday will see snow showers though I don’t know if we’ll see significant accumulations or just a continuation of light-to-moderate snow. Regardless, conditions will stay soft and fluffy!

For later next week, we should see a mix of clouds, light snow showers, and a few breaks of sunshine. Enough moisture could linger over northern Colorado to keep some flakes around even as the main storm moves off to the east.

Next weekend (Feb 29 – Mar 1) should bring sunshine and dry weather.

Then around Monday, March 2nd will be our next chance for snow.

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 Friday morning

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

Last snowfall:
* 26” from Saturday Night to Tuesday (Feb 15-18)

Terrain
* 19 of 23 lifts
* 166 of 166 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 134%