Wednesday was warm and windy, with summit gusts of 40-50mph.

Then on Wednesday night, the storm moved through and dropped 3-5 inches of snow across the mountain, with the mid-mountain snow stake showing about 3 inches of accumulation.

The official snow report notes 5 inches, and perhaps this is possible, though I like to look at the snow stake which is usually pretty accurate and not too wind-affected. The snow stake shows 3, maybe 4 inches.

This new snow was in the middle of our 2-4 inch forecast, so we can call it a win, though we would always like more snow. Wednesday night's storm moved through quickly with atmospheric moisture rapidly decreasing on Thursday morning, and these factors limited our snow totals from going higher.

Thursday will be cloudy with snow showers and chilly temperatures in the teens.

Friday will also be chilly with a high in the teens and more sunshine likely during the second half of the day.

This weekend will be warmer with highs in the upper 20s to low 30s. Both days will be dry, with partly-to-mostly cloudy skies on Saturday, and mostly sunny skies on Sunday.

Looking ahead to next week, there will be chances for light snow on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, but the big story will be chilly temperatures with highs in the teens each day and a high probability for around-the-clock snowmaking at all elevations.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Thursday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 3” (24 hours Wednesday 500am to Thursday 500am)
* 3” (Overnight Wednesday 400pm to Thursday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 3” Wednesday Night (Nov 9-10)

Terrain
* 5 of 23 lifts
* 6 of 166 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 123%