It's Wednesday morning and the snow stake is still dry.

But that won't last much longer as five storms will bring snow to Winter Park during the next ten days. Woohoo, it's about time that we shift into a stormier weather pattern!

Following dry weather on Wednesday and a mix of dry weather and light snow on Thursday…

Storm #1 will bring snow from Thursday night to Saturday morning. Total snowfall should be 5-10+ inches, the best powder will be on Friday and also Saturday morning, and the snow quality will be thicker due to fast winds and warm temperatures.

Storm #2 will bring snow from Sunday to Sunday night. Total snowfall should be 4-8 inches, the best powder will be on Sunday and maybe Monday morning, and the snow quality should be somewhat fluffy thanks to cooler temperatures compared to the previous storm.

Storm #3 will bring snow from later Monday into Tuesday morning. Total snowfall should be 2-5 inches, the best powder will be on Tuesday morning, and the snow quality should be pretty fluffy.

Looking farther ahead, Storm #4 could bring snow Wed, Dec 29 – Thu, Dec 30, and Storm #5 could bring snow Fri, Dec 31 – Sun, Jan 2. I have decent confidence that one or both of these storms will occur, but I have low confidence in the details.

My hope and expectation is that snowfall from these five storms will allow mountain operations crews to open a lot or all of the mountain by around New years.

Let. It. Snow!

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

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Wednesday morning

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

Last snowfall:
* 6” Thursday Night & Friday (Dec 16-17)

Terrain
* 16 of 23 lifts
* 46 of 166 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 71%

By the way…

Join me on Youtube Live on Wednesday, December 22 @ 700pm

I'll answer your questions (last time there were 40+ questions) and talk in detail about the upcoming storms. I share my screen during the entire live discussion and use graphics to visually explain the forecast. The last session was super fun and I hope that you can join this one. The screen is just me presenting, so there's no need to show your potentially unkept-mid-winter-disheveled face – just pop by to listen and watch:-)

YouTube Live: https://youtu.be/_P2P-EXo760

Submit Questions: https://opsw.co/dec2122live

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