Wednesday morning’s clouds gave way to sunshine during the midday and afternoon.

On Thursday morning, clouds have returned with a few snow showers roaming around the mountain. Expect a mix of clouds, snow showers, and some clearer skies through Thursday, into Thursday night, and again to start the day on Friday. Moisture is lingering and just enough storm energy might pass by at times to turn this moisture into clouds and snowflakes.

From Friday late afternoon through Saturday night, pieces of storm energy will move across Colorado. The wind direction during most of this time will be from the southwest, which is NOT favorable for intense snowfall and deep totals for us. But, any piece of stronger storm energy which tracks over us can overwhelm the bad wind direction and create periods of moderate to intense snow. We should see at least a few inches from Friday night through Saturday night and there could be soft-ish turns on Saturday.

From Sunday through Monday, we might trend toward drier weather with leftover soft snow on Sunday morning.

Then from late Monday night through Wednesday, another round of storm energy could deliver snow showers with a few inches of accumulation.

For snowfall from Friday night through next Tuesday, I am keeping my expectations low due to the unfavorable wind direction with maybe 3-7 inches across these four days. However, as I mentioned, any random piece of storm energy could stir up the atmosphere enough to drop more significant snow totals.

The next chances for storms should be around the end of next week, January 29-30, and again, during the following week, around February 2-4. With the uncertainty in the forecast for just the next week, it’s not wise to try to pin down the details of the forecast 10+ days in advance, so we’ll leave it a bit vague for now.

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

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

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:
* 8” Sunday Night to Monday (Jan 17-18)

Terrain
* 20 of 23 lifts
* 142 of 166 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 87%