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Conditions

• New Snow (Mid Mountain snow stake)
  • 5” Sunday 500am to Monday 500am (24 hours)
  • 3” Sunday 500pm to Monday 500am (12 hours)

• Last Snowfall
  • 2” Sunday & Sunday Night (November 24-25)

• Snowpack
  • 100% of the 30-year average

• Terrain
  • 8 of 24 lifts
  • 18 of 171 trails

Monday

The storm on Sunday night dropped 5 inches at mid-mountain, so there will be powder to enjoy on Monday morning (on still limited terrain). The snow quality should be good with fluffier snow on top of somewhat denser snow.

Monday will be dry and mostly sunny. The morning temperature will be in the upper single digits to low teens, warming into the 20s during the afternoon.

Tuesday

Snow will begin on Monday night and there should be a few inches of new snow by Tuesday morning's first chair. Snow will fall all day Tuesday with 3-7+ inches of accumulation. Temperatures will be warm and the snow quality could be somewhat dense/thick. Also, warm temperatures mean rain at lower elevations, but even the base of Winter Park is at a high elevation, so precipitation should still fall as snow across the mountain.

Wednesday

Wednesday should offer the deepest powder with 5-10 inches of new snow on Tuesday night and steady snow likely turning to more intermittent snow showers on Wednesday morning and midday. Temperatures will cool on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, so the snow quality should improve with fluffier new snow falling on top of thicker/denser snow below.

Wednesday should be a fun powder morning, and with favorable northwest flow and cooling temperatures during the day, I think we'll see another 3-6+ inches of snow while the lifts are spinning. The temperature should be in the teens all day.

Total snowfall from Monday night through Wednesday midday should be 12-24 inches.

Longer Range

Thanksgiving Day will be the start of an extended period of dry weather that could last into mid-December. We may get clipped by storms as they track from central Canada toward the U.S. east coast, so there will still be a low chance for brief periods of snow and cooler air.

The good news is that this week's snowfall will give us a solid base, more terrain should open on and just after Thanksgiving, and the low sun angle of early December will help to preserve our snowpack.

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My next update will be on Tuesday morning.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com