Wednesday and Wednesday night delivered more of the same with mostly cloudy skies and occasional snow showers. The mid-mountain snow stake shows about one inch of new snow by Thursday morning, and this fell on Wednesday night after lifts closed.

Thursday and Friday

A storm will track over southern Colorado on Thursday afternoon and strengthen to the southeast of Colorado on Thursday night into Friday morning.

The latest forecast models have trended down with snow accumulations for most mountains, but Winter Park may still do okay with a favorable wind from the north-northwest and higher amounts of moisture pushing up to and near the continental divide.

So for us, we could see snowflakes on Thursday afternoon and Thursday night, with a higher chance for measurable snow on Friday, and maybe we'll be lucky enough to get 1-4+ inches of accumulation.

Temperatures on Thursday will be in the 20s, and readings on Friday will be a little cooler with a high in the upper teens to low 20s.

Saturday, January 27 to Thursday, February 1

Most of the time from Saturday (January 27) to the following Thursday (February 1) will be dry, mostly sunny, and warmer with high temperatures in the 30s.

A wrinkle in this otherwise stellar forecast will come on Sunday (January 28) with more clouds and perhaps a few snow showers.

Otherwise, enjoy the sunshine, good visibility, and comfortable temperatures, and be mindful that there could be a melt/freeze crust that develops overnight (due to warm daytime temperatures and cool nighttime temperatures), so morning groomers or midday non-groomed trails may offer the best conditions.

Friday, February 2, and Beyond

All longer-range forecasts continue to show that we will transition into a stormier weather pattern across the western U.S. with thin clouds filtering the sunshine on Thursday, February 1, and then snow maybe returning as early as Friday, February 2. I have high confidence that there will be a storm around the Rockies heading into the weekend of February 3-4, and I have low confidence about the details of this storm. Stay tuned.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Thursday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 1” (24 hours Wednesday 500am to Thursday 300am)
* 1” (Overnight Wednesday 400pm to Thursday 300am)

Last snowfall:
* 4” Sunday to Wednesday Night (Jan 21-25)

Terrain
* 20 of 24 lifts
* 155 of 171 trails
* Latest update

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