Steamboat Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 5 years ago November 25, 2018
Update
Snow conditions
Mid-mountain: 3” on Saturday night, 8” since Saturday AM, 19” last three days
Summit: 3” on Saturday night, 10” since Saturday AM
On Sunday morning expect plenty of powder with temperatures in the teens and flurries ending. The fresh snow should ski well, though the storm came in with strong winds, so there will be wind-affected snow in exposed areas. The wind-affected snow is good for building the base as it packs into the rocks and trees.
Our internal analysis has the snowpack at 119% compared to the 30-year average.
Terrain update
7 of 18 lifts, 26 of 169 trails. Latest updates.
Saturday snow recap
Intense snow and strong winds arrived on Saturday late morning and midday. Snow showers continued off-and-on on Saturday evening. Snow totals were on the high-end of the forecast. Love it when that happens!
Sunday through Tuesday
Any lingering flurries will end on Sunday morning then we’ll see dry weather through Tuesday.
Next multi-day storm cycle begins midweek
The very good news is that we’ll have chances for snow every day starting on Wednesday and likely continuing through December 7th. I cannot guarantee snow every day during this stretch and I do not have high confidence about when we’ll see the best powder days, though right now I’d hedge toward good powder during the upcoming weekend, December 1-2. The significant snow in early November, and now in late November and early December is setting us up for a great early season. I think we’ll have a LOT more terrain open within the next 1-2 weeks.
Thanks for reading and check back each morning for daily updates!
JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
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