Steamboat Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 3 years ago January 16, 2021
Snow returns to Steamboat
Summary
Flakes will fall on Saturday morning, then another storm should bring snow on Sunday night into Monday morning.
Short Term Forecast
Friday was dry and mostly sunny with comfortable high temperatures in the upper teens to low 20s.
Then just before sunrise on Saturday, snow began, and as of 500am, I see about 1 inch of accumulation at mid-mountain and the summit snow stake. We’ll see flakes through Saturday mid-morning with a coating to 3 more inches possible.
From Saturday afternoon through Sunday afternoon, expect dry weather with temperatures in the teens and 20s.
On Sunday night into Monday morning, the next storm will bring snow to northern Colorado with 3-6 inches possible and potentially soft turns on Monday morning.
Extended Forecast
Following the snow on Sunday night into Monday morning, we should see drier weather from Monday afternoon through Thursday. It’s possible that weak storm energy could deliver a few flakes during this time, but for the most part, we should be dry.
Then from Thursday night through Sunday, January 21-24, one or two storms could bring snow back to the mountain. My confidence is low about any details, though if I had to hedge, I’d look at Saturday and Sunday, January 23-24, as days with potential snowfall.
Thanks for reading and check back each morning for daily updates!
JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Snow conditions as of Saturday morning
New snow mid-mountain:
* 1” (24 hours Friday 500am to Saturday 500am)
* 1” (Overnight Friday 400pm to Saturday 500am)
New snow summit:
* 1” (24 hours Friday 500am to Saturday 500am)
* 1” (Overnight Friday 400pm to Saturday 500am)
Last snowfall:
* 1” Friday Night (Jan 15-16)
Terrain
* 15 of 18 lifts
* 163 of 169 trails
* Latest update
Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 62%