Thursday was a gorgeous day and we’ll see more of the same on Friday and Saturday with plenty of sunshine and warm afternoon temperatures in the 30s and 40s. Snow conditions will be firm and crunchy in the morning then softer and slushy by the afternoon. Don’t forget to wear sunscreen, and enjoy!

On Saturday night, the next storm will move into Colorado though it may stay just a bit too far to the west and we could see just light snow with low accumulations from late Saturday night through Sunday midday.

Then from Sunday afternoon through Monday, the next piece of the storm will give us a better chance for snow with 3-6 inches as the most likely outcome and a chance for much more than this. Areas just to the east of Winter Park, on the east side of the continental divide, will have the best chance for the most snow from Sunday afternoon through Monday afternoon, and the wind direction from the east will not be favorable to bring us big snow. But, there could be enough energy in the atmosphere to overwhelm an unfavorable wind direction and bring us an upside surprise, so it bears watching. The bottom line is that our best chance for powder will be on Monday morning and midday, and accumulations will likely be fewer than 6 inches but could be much higher if a bit of luck is on our side.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, snow showers could hang around with the chance for light snow accumulations, though I do not see a high chance that either of these days will be powder days.

The next storm should bring snow from later Thursday through Saturday, March 27th. This storm should take a track over Colorado (rather than to the south of Colorado) and so we’ll see higher chances for significant snow and maybe a powder day on Friday or Saturday. After that, it appears that we’ll transition back to dry weather from March 28-30 with another storm possible around March 31st.

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

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

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:
* 27” Saturday to Wednesday (Mar 13-17)

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

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 98%