Thursday morning was glorious with the sun shining down on the snow that fell on Wednesday and Wednesday night. The temperature rose into the mid-20s during the day on Thursday.

On Friday and Saturday, the dry weather will continue. Friday will have lots of sunshine and a high temperature in the mid-30s. Saturday will have more clouds and the high temperature will continue to be in the mid-30s.

Then we'll move into a stormy weather pattern with three systems across about six days. The most snow from each storm might fall over southern Colorado, but the details of each storm are still uncertain and we could wind up with anything from light accumulations during each storm all the way to a couple of deeper powder days during the week.

The first storm should bring snow from late Saturday night through Monday, the second storm should bring snow sometime in the Tuesday to Wednesday timeframe, and the third storm should bring snow sometime around Thursday into Friday. 

And after that, yet another storm could arrive around Monday, January 23.

It's been a wonderful (snowy) season so far and it looks like the atmosphere will continue to bring the flakes through mid-to-late January.

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:
* 5” Monday to Wednesday Night (Jan 9-12)

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

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 112%