02/15/26 5:30pm: Hi, I hope you are having a good Sunday! You ready for some heavier snow in the mountains!? Its coming. Lets take a look at what we can expect this week as its shaping up to be a very active week weather-wise that will likely boost the state snowpack in many areas. And maybe bring some rain/snow to Den/Bou and the front-range (but likely not much there, mostly wind).

Starting to get into some details in terms of timing and amounts but since we are dealing with 3 distinct storm systems some of this will certainly change (as there is more uncertainty for the Thu-Sat timeframe).

In general from Tue to Sat (the 3 storm systems combined) parts of the San Juans (Telluride, Silverton, Wolf Creek, etc) and Elks (Aspen and CB ski areas, Grand Mesa, etc) will likely get 25-50" of new snow by Sat am.

Much of the north-central mountains, I-70 mountain corridor and local ski areas (Steamboat, Vail, Breck, A-Basin, Loveland Winter Park, etc) will likely pick up 12-24" by Sat am.

Den/Bou and the front-range will have mostly wind at times and high fire danger (especially Tue). With a brief chance for rain/snow Tue into Wed and a better chance for some snow Fri into Sat (but not looking like that much precip).

Here is my current breakdown for the 3 waves:

2am Tue to 8am Wed

- Relatively warmer southwest flow will favor southwest CO / San Juans

- San Juans / Southern mountains: 10-16”

- Elks / Central mountains: 8-14”

- North-central mountains (Routt, Eagle, Summit, ClearCreek, Grand western Boulder/Larimer counties, local ski areas): 4-10”, favoring areas west of Vail Pass

2pm Wed to 8am Thu

- Colder westerly flow comes in

- Snow should start to pile up more in the north-central mountains by Wed pm into Thu

- Coldest air aloft expected by Thu am

- Likely the strongest of the 3 waves

- San Juans, additional 10-16”

- Elks / Central mountains, additional 10-26”

- North-central mountains: additional 6-12”

5am Fri to 11am Sat

- Southwest flow initially a little warmer (compared to Thu)

- Colder west / northwest flow comes in Fri night through Sat mid-day

- San Juans, additional 5-10”

- Elks / Central: additional 6-12

- North-central mountains additional: 4-8”

For Den/Bou and the front-range windy at times from Tue-Thu, especially windy in the front-range mountains and foothills along/east of the Cont. Divide above 7k ft: westerly wind-gusts of 25-50mph (high fire danger on Tue and other days this week).

Some rain/snow showers for the front-range (Den/Bou) from 8pm Tue to 2am Wed

Best chance for Den/Bou and the front-range to see some snow would be from 11pm Thu to 8am Sat (best chances Fri afternoon / evening), high uncertainty: maybe Trace-3” in a few spots, favoring the foothills and Palmer Divide.

Back to warmer and drier weather by next Sat pm / Sun (a week from now).

Fingers crossed for a very productive storm cycle for the mountains!

First image loop shows the evolution of the forecast pattern via 500mb height anomalies (we look for those dark blues to move right over CO). Images 2-4 compare forecast total snowfall from now through next Sat (02/21) at 11am, for all 3 storm systems combined, take with a big grain of salt but shows some possibilities... The Elks and San Juans are going to get nuked!