Courtesy of Toonpool.com
More snow is on the way, and the biggest beneficiaries will be Steamboat and on over to Winter Park, where there could be 12″ of new fluff by Wednesday night. The other big story is the COLD AIR that will invade Colorado from the north. The cold front will hit the CO/WY border by about sunrise, and move through Denver during the morning. By midday, it will be snowing on the flatlands and temperatures will be dropping to the single digits. The cold air will also infiltrate the mountains by Wednesday afternoon and will stick around through Friday morning.
- Wednesday: Turn up the heat and take warm clothes! Snow will fall for most places along and north of I-70 in the morning, and the snow will spread across the plains and south of I-70 by afternoon. As the cold front moves through the mountains (Steamboat around 10am, I-70 around 12-2p), a burst of heavier snow is likely and the temperatures will plummet below zero in the afternoon. Snow will make it down to the northern San Juans by evening while skies clear across the northern areas. Travel from the mountains to the plains on Wednesday afternoon will be slow with snowcovered roads and frigid temperatures. A detailed snowfall map is below…
- Thursday: Cold start with temperatures well below zero, but mostly sunny and dry. A few clouds and flurries could linger in the San Juans.
- Friday: Mostly sunny and warming up (still cold in the valleys in the morning).
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and warmer…a few more clouds later in the day.
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy with light snow for much of the state, though amounts looks low (less than 6″).
Move the map or zoom in for a better look. Click on the shaded areas of the map for exact snow amounts. Also, click on the mountains to see locations of each resort.
View CPF: Snow Forecast, January 6-7, 2010 UPDATE in a larger map
Hoping to get more in VAIL/BC…..wondering if tmrw or thursday will be the good day to ski??
BTW – LOVE the updates and weather forecasts. It’s nice to have the frequent updates and multiple sources including your input on TGR.
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Jon G. – Wed will be chilly and snowy in Vail tomorrow, but just a few inches. Temps will drop below zero by Wed afternoon and will be around zero (but sunny) on Thursday. Take your pick…!
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Joel, really appreciate the work you put in on this site and the info you provide in your posts on Teton Gravity!
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Lunkerking – I enjoy the work! Thanks for the compliment!
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Hi Joel,
Steamboat ski ara recieved about 6-8″ today, with super warm temps. it was near 30 degrees and graupeling this morning at 10am at the summit. We have not seen the blast of cold air in the valley yet (3pm Weds).
Thanks for the great forecasts!
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steveo – thanks for the update! Indeed the cold air is having a tough time getting into the mountains, but it’s finally making headway and should cool off Steamboat ASAP (sunset). The Walden valley is about 0 degrees F right now, so the cold air has made it into this more eastern valley. Snow should ski well tomorrow, with this dense snow on bottom and some light fluff tonight as the icing on top.
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Going down to Ouray for work this week and we were curious to know what Monday holds for the T-Ride area?? The pacific looks like storms are lined up pretty good…….any thoughts?
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JJ – looks pretty dry. Maybe a bit of snow Sunday night into Monday, but it won’t amount to much of anything…most likely just more clouds around and a few flakes. The next good storm for Colorado looks like Wednesday and Thursday. Thanks for asking!
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Another report from yesterday, WP snowed all day, at times REALLY heavy. Cold air wasn’t there yet, (about 28 at 4pm when we left). There was almost 1″ when we got there, and almost 6″ total by the time we left. Thanks for all of the great CO forecasting, and weather education. Keep it up! OH, and thanks for the stoke over on TGR too.
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Sterling- excellent report, thanks! Indeed the cold front took a long time getting south through the mountains and hit Berthoud Pass around 5-6pm. WP and Berthoud should ski nicely this morning as long as it’s not too firm underneath. Glad the snow came through!
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