Monday was another sunny day with high temperatures in the 40s on the lower mountain and the 30s on the upper mountain. The high-elevation natural snowpack (picture below) is reasonable for this time of year, but we could use a few significant storms to deepen the pack and kick off the season.

Weatherwise, we have 6-7 additional days of dry weather coming up. Temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday will be a few degrees cooler than Monday, and this could help overnight snowmaking efforts become a little more productive. 

Coming up next Sunday and Monday, we could see a few more clouds and maybe a few snowflakes as well, but the majority of these days will stay dry.

Next Tuesday, December 7, is when a storm will finally return to Colorado. The bad news is that the latest models show the energy from this storm splitting as it moves near Colorado. The good news is that there could be a lot of moisture moving into Colorado. The combination of splitting energy and a lot of moisture may still yield respectable snow totals. Fingers crossed!

After the storm around December 7, our next chance for natural snow will likely be around December 11-12.

The early-season snowfall is not going the way we want, but there's plenty of time for the atmosphere to turn things around. Let's hope this happens sooner rather than later.

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

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Tuesday morning

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

Last snowfall:
* 0” Tuesday Night & Wednesday (Nov 23-24)

Terrain
* 5 of 21 lifts
* 9 of 166 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 93%