Winter Park Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 2 years ago January 9, 2022
Snow ends, sun returns
Summary
Saturday was a snowy day, and now we'll flip back to dry weather for the next five days.
Update
Saturday's storm worked out about as we expected. Snow started to fall early in the day and continued through the afternoon with 3-4 inches accumulating at mid-mountain. Saturday's snow quality (light and fluffy) was a nice improvement over the previous storm thanks to temperatures in the teens and low 20s along with light wind speeds.
Now on Sunday morning, it'll be a cold start with temperatures in the single digits on the hill. Clear skies will bring lots of sunshine and temperatures will warm into the teens and low 20s by midday.
On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, dry and mostly sunny weather will continue with high temperatures rising to around 30°F each day.
Thursday will be dry and also likely the warmest day of the week with high temperatures climbing into the mid-to-upper 30s.
Then on Friday the 14th, a storm will track toward Colorado from the northwest and another storm will track toward Colorado from the southwest. If we are lucky and these storms converge over Colorado, we could see respectable snow totals. If we are unlucky and these storms do not converge over Colorado, we will see no snow. Right now, I am hoping for the best, but I am also keeping my expectations very, very low.
Looking out to the third week of January, there will be more chances for snow starting on or around January 18th, though we will continue to be on the edge of the storm track so we'll need a lot of luck to get significant snow during this time.
Thanks for reading and please check back each morning for daily updates!
JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Snow conditions as of Sunday morning
New snow mid-mountain:
* 4” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 500am)
* 1” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 500am)
Last snowfall:
* 4” Saturday (Jan 8)
Terrain
* 21 of 23 lifts
* 134 of 166 trails
* Latest update
Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 111%