Weatherwise, it's more of the same. Dry days, mostly sunny skies, and a snowpack that is ok but that should be deeper.

Each of the next few days will continue to be dry, mostly sunny, and warm, with on-mountain temperatures topping out in the 40s.

Then on Sunday and Monday, temperatures will drop into the upper 20s for highs. There might be a few snowflakes on Sunday as a storm passes well to our north.

The bigger weather story is that a storm should bring significant snow from later Monday afternoon or Monday night through Tuesday afternoon. My early estimate for snow is 4-8 inches. The amount could be higher if a few of the right factors come together, and we'll try to figure that out in the coming days. Tuesday's snowfall won't suddenly open all of the mountain, but it will build our base of natural snow.

Later next week, there should be one or two additional storms between about Thursday, December 9, and Saturday, December 11. It's too early to think about snow totals, but the amount of snow could once again be significant (6+ inches).

In the much longer range, it appears that there will be a trend back toward drier weather during the week of December 13-17, and then we might see a trend toward snowier weather during the week of Christmas.

Thanks for reading and please 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:
* 0” Tuesday Night & Wednesday (Nov 23-24)

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

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 86%