Sunday turned out to be partly sunny with a few afternoon snow showers and 1 inch of accumulation on the mid-mountain snow stake.

On Monday and Monday night, we will continue to see unfavorable southwest flow, though a wave of energy could create a period of snow on Monday afternoon and Monday evening. If this period of snow does not develop, we’ll obviously see little or no accumulation. But if the period of snow does develop and move over the mountain, we could see a quick couple of inches during the evening. The latest models show that this snow may just miss the mountain, but it’ll be a close call so it bears watching.

On Tuesday, a wave of storm energy should create a higher chance for showers, and then on Tuesday night, winds will finally blow from a more favorable west or west-northwest direction and we could see a couple of inches of snow which would create softer turns on Wednesday morning.

Wednesday should be mostly dry with just a low chance for a scattered shower.

Thursday and Friday should be completely dry with warmer high temperatures in the 30s.

Then we will see our next storm between Friday night and Sunday. This storm looks like it will be of moderate strength – not too weak, not too strong, just somewhere in the middle. This could mean snowfall in the range of 2-8 inches and soft turns on Saturday, maybe extending into Sunday.

After that, a series of storms with snow and colder temperatures should begin around February 3rd and may continue for five days or longer.

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

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Monday morning

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

Last snowfall:
* 5” Thursday Night to Sunday (Jan 21-24)

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

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 84%