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Conditions

• New Snow (Mid-Mountain snow stake)
  • 0” Tuesday 5:00 am to Wednesday 5:00 am (24 hours)
  • 0” Tuesday 5:00 pm to Wednesday 5:00 am (12 hours)

• Last Snowfall
  • 1” Sunday Night (Apr 13-14)

• Snowpack
  • 96% of the 30-year average

• Terrain
  • 22 of 23 lifts
  • 144 of 161 trails

Wednesday

Like the last few days, Wednesday will be mostly sunny and warm with a high temperature in the 40s.

Thursday

Thursday will be a transition day, with warmer weather in the morning and perhaps a few showers floating around, and then cooling weather with a higher chance for snow on Thursday late afternoon and evening.

Thursday Night & Friday

On Thursday night and Friday, the next storm will bring snow and colder temperatures.

There will likely be 1-3 inches of new snow by Friday morning, with a high chance for another 3-7 inches of snow on Friday during the day.

Friday's temperature will be in the upper teens to low 20s, so it'll feel more like winter than late April.

Snow conditions on Friday could wind up being decently soft and powdery if enough snow falls to cover the harder base.

Friday Night & Saturday

On Friday night and Saturday, the storm will swirl to the south of Colorado, and this will likely keep a lot of the snow south of the mountain.

There is a chance that some additional snow will fall on Friday night into Saturday morning, though I think accumulations will be light, maybe just 1-3 inches.

This means that Saturday's conditions could be soft-ish due to the snow over the previous 24-36 hours, though I doubt that there will be deep/fresh powder on Saturday.

Saturday's temperature should be in the upper 20s.

Longer Range

Sunday's weather should be pretty darn good with a high temperature in the 30s to low 40s and partly-to-mostly sunny skies.

Then, during the final two weeks of April, there could be a weak storm around April 21-22 and maybe a stronger storm around April 28-30. And remember that the mountain will be open for a while longer, with closing day on May 11th.

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My next update will be on Thursday.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com