Colorado Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 5 years ago August 25, 2018
Southern mountain rain this weekend and cooler on Tuesday morning
Update
A couple weather tidbits for you as we head into the weekend…
High elevation snow
The talented photographer Jeremy Swanson out of Aspen captured this image of snow on the peaks above Snowmass on Thursday morning (August 23).
Original Image: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10216596711890828&set=a.1086705768441&type=3&theater
We’re at that time of year when intense precipitation (often during the cooler nighttime hours) can bring a few flakes to the upper elevations. Enjoy it when it happens and please do not use this early-season snow to read anything into what might happen during the upcoming season.
Weekend rain forecast
The best chance for precipitation during the weekend will be in the southern mountains. The average of many models shows up to 1/2 inch of precipitation down south.
We’ll check back on Monday to see how the forecast turns out.
Cooler early next week
A cool storm to our north will drop temperatures 5-10 degrees between Monday morning and Tuesday morning. Tuesday morning will be chilly in the higher elevations.
Temperature forecast on Monday morning.
Temperature forecast on Tuesday morning.
It’ll feel like autumn on Tuesday morning. But the cool air will not stick around, so enjoy this brief shot.
OpenSummit
If you want detailed weather forecasts for your summer and fall hiking, biking, and climbing adventures, please download the newest update to our OpenSummit app.
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We just released an update that increases the number of mountains from Colorado 14ers to about 1,000 of the highest and/or notable summits and hiking areas across the country.
People ask me all the time about what I do in the summer. In addition to working on features for OpenSnow for next season, we spend considerable time improving and expanding OpenSummit. Thanks for checking it out!
Thanks for reading … next update on Monday, August 28.
JOEL GRATZ
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Geography Key
Northern Mountains
Steamboat, Granby, Beaver Creek, Vail, Ski Cooper, Copper, Breckenridge, Keystone, Loveland, Abasin, Winter Park, Berthoud Pass, Eldora, Rocky Mountain National Park, Cameron Pass
Along the Divide
Loveland, Arapahoe Basin, Winter Park, Berthoud Pass
East of the Divide
Eldora, Echo, Rocky Mountain National Park, Cameron Pass
Central Mountains
Aspen, Sunlight, Monarch, Crested Butte, Irwin, Powderhorn
Southern Mountains
Telluride, Silverton – north side of the southern mountains | Purgatory, Wolf Creek – south side of the southern mountains