Thursday was a tough day with very cold temperatures and gusty winds that continued through the early afternoon.

Now on Friday morning, the snow stake shows no new snow (just leftover snow that didn't get completely cleared from the storm on Wednesday night), and while temperatures are still cold, readings are warming and are now near or just ABOVE zero.

From Friday through Monday morning, temperatures will warm with highs in the teens and 20s, and we'll see periods of snow showers that could deliver a few inches of accumulation. The best chances for snow should be on Friday night through Saturday evening, and again from Sunday evening through Monday morning. Moisture will be plentiful over the weekend, though storm energy will be weak (or at least hard to pin down) and this translates into low expectations for snowfall and mostly cloudy weather.

For early next week, Monday and Tuesday will be dry, mostly sunny, and warm with high temperatures in the 30s.

Then from about Wednesday, December 28 through the first few days of the new year, the forecast is still looking good with multiple storms tracking through Colorado. It's still a bit too soon to figure out the snowfall details but we'll get there. I am hoping for a few powder days to ring in the new year:-)

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Friday morning

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

Last snowfall:
* 8” Tuesday Night to Wednesday Night (Dec 20-22)

Terrain
* 21 of 23 lifts
* 124 of 171 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 99%