Saturday was sunny and warm with a high temperature in the 30s.

Now on Sunday morning, we're again starting off with mostly clear skies and a temperature inversion with a cooler temperature at the base and a warmer temperature at the summit.

For the rest of Sunday, skies will start mostly sunny with more clouds later in the day, and temperatures will top out around 30 degrees.

Then, the forecast for the upcoming storm really hasn't changed, which is a good thing.

On Monday, we'll start with dry weather, with snow arriving later in the afternoon or in the evening. Then from Monday night through Wednesday, the storm will strengthen to the east of Colorado, wrapping moisture and snow counterclockwise around the storm and over Colorado's northern mountains (where we are located).

This means that there should be 3-7 inches of fresh snow on Tuesday morning, and more importantly, snow will continue to fall on Tuesday, Tuesday night, Wednesday, and maybe even Wednesday night. With snow falling for ~48 hours, snow totals could be significant and snow conditions could become sneakily deep even if snowfall during any one day or night isn't more than 3-6 inches. Keep your eye on Tuesday and Wednesday as potential powder days and maybe powder conditions will linger into Thursday morning as well. Total snowfall could be 10-20+ inches, as long as the wind direction stays favorable and moisture stays plentiful.

Looking further ahead, December 15-17 should be dry, then during the December 18-25 timeframe, the most likely forecast is for cool-ish temperatures and with possible times of lighter snow.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Sunday morning

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

Last snowfall:
* 3” Wednesday Night & Thursday (Dec 7-8)

Terrain
* 20 of 23 lifts
* 113 of 171 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 103%