Winter Park Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 2 days ago January 7, 2025
Chilly temperatures, next flakes on Thursday and this weekend
Summary
Tuesday will be mostly dry, Wednesday will be sunny, Thursday will bring flakes, Friday will be sunny, and then the next storm will bring snow this weekend.
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Conditions
- New Snow (Mid Mountain snow stake)
- 3” Monday 500am to Tuesday 500am (24 hours)
- 0” Monday 500pm to Tuesday 500am (12 hours)
- Last Snowfall
- 7” Saturday to Monday (Jan 4-6)
- Snowpack
- 111% of the 30-year average
- Terrain
- 19 of 24 lifts
- 150 of 171 trails
Monday Recap
On Monday, lingering moisture allowed the atmosphere to coax 3 inches of snow out of the clouds. This wasn't deep powder, but it was more than I expected, and it was fluffy and kept the snow surface soft.
Tuesday
On Tuesday morning, a new storm is tracking to the southwest of Colorado. Most of the snow is staying to the east and south of the mountain, with partly clear skies overhead.
Tuesday should be mostly/completely dry or bring just a few snow showers. The high temperature will stay in the teens.
Wednesday
Wednesday will be dry and mostly sunny with a high temperature in the teens.
Thursday
Thursday may bring light snow, especially in the morning, but the storm will only brush by Colorado and I expect just low-end accumulation. The temperature will be in the teens.
Friday
Friday should be dry and partly sunny with a high temperature in the teens.
This Weekend
During the weekend of January 11-12, the next storm should bring snow with moderate accumulations (2-6 inches?).
The best chance for powder will be on Saturday morning through midday and the temperature will be in the teens.
On Sunday, there will likely be little new snow, and soft conditions should persist with a high temperature potentially staying in the single digits.
Longer Range
Looking ahead to next week, dry and cold weather is likely from later Sunday, January 12 through about Thursday, January 16.
Then starting around Friday, January 17, most of the longer-range forecast models predict that a storm will track close to or over Colorado, but it's too soon to know if this will lead to a lot of snow, or if the brunt of the storm's energy and moisture will just miss Colorado. Stay tuned.
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My next update will be on Wednesday morning.
Thanks for reading!
JOEL GRATZ
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