A look at the next storm system for Thu-Fri and some recent snow reports

02/19/25 8:30am: It just won't stop snowing in the mountains...and guess what we have a whole another storm system on the way which will impact the state from mid-day Thu through mid-day Fri with more snow for both the mountains and front-range. More on that below.

But first some snow report. Just piling up in the mountains. For example Winter Park has picked up another 10" in the last 24hrs, giving them 35" in 3-days and a whopping 72" in 12-days. Vail picked up 5" in the last 24-hours, 19" in the last 72hrs and a whopping 71" in the last 12-days. Here are some notable 24hr, 48hr reports from the ski areas this morning

Winter Park: 10", 26"
Keystone: 7", 16"
Loveland: 5", 20"
Vail: 5", 11"
Breck: 3", 14"
A-Basin: 3", 14"
Copper: 3", 11"
Steamboat: 3", 11"
Beaver Creek: 2", 7"
Snowmass: 2", 7"
Eldora: 1", 10"

Later I'll show a list of 12-day totals for all the major ski areas.

Also some light snow on the front-range as expected. At my house in Westminster just 0.2"in the last 24hr, 0.3" in the last 48hrs (with 0.03" swe), this brings my seasonal total (since Oct 1st to): 34.2" of snow with 2.66" swe.

Here are some notable snow reports from the front-range:

Nunn 6.5 NE: 1.6"
Fort Collins 2.8 NE: 1.0"
Loveland 2.4 NW: 0.5"
Boulder 1.9 SE: 0.5"
Englewood 1.4 N (south Denver): 0.4"
Broomfield 2.4 ESE: 0.3"

Anyway, as I mentioned more snow on the way:

For the north-central mountains (including Routt, Pitkin, Eagle, Summit, Grand, ClearCreek, western Boulder/Larimer counties): the next round of more substantial snow is expected from about 11am Thu to 11am Fri: generally 4-9” for the local ski areas, favoring areas near/east of the Cont. Divide (Loveland, Jones/Berthoud Passes, Winter Park, IPW areas will be favored with up to 12" additional in spots)

For Den/Bou and the northern front-range a much more tricky forecast and will all depend on where the main upper-level low tracks on Thu night. But looks like a good shot of upslope and snow coming to parts of Den/Bou and the foothills primarily from about 5pm Thu through 11am Fri (heaviest late Thu night / early Fri am): 1-6” possible for urban corridor and 3-9” for the foothills. Highest amounts expected in the upslope notch: southwest of line form Boulder to Parker.

First image shows the next storm system: upper-level low at 8pm Thu from latest ECMWF model via 500mb vorticity / wind. Images 2-4 compare forecast total snowfall from now through 5pm Fri from latest ICON, ECMWF and GFS models, take amounts with grain of salt as the forecast is evolving.

I'll be putting out a new snowfall forecast map tonight.