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By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 3 years ago February 16, 2021

Flakes will fall on Tuesday as well as Friday to Sunday at Steamboat

Summary

Tuesday morning will offer soft turns and powder with more snow throughout the day. Then two additional storms will bring snow from Friday through Sunday.

Short Term Forecast

Snow fell from Monday late afternoon through Tuesday early morning with 5-7 inches accumulating across the mountain. This means that there will be soft turns on Tuesday morning and snow showers will continue all day on Tuesday and likely through Tuesday night, so the powder could become even more fun throughout the day on Tuesday and also on Wednesday morning.

On Wednesday and Wednesday night, colder and drier air will move in and lingering snow showers will likely lead to light or little snow accumulation.

Thursday should be dry as we’ll be in between storms.

On Friday, we’ll see a weak storm bring flakes back into the forecast, and at least a few inches could accumulate during the day and into the evening.

Then on Saturday, snow should ramp up during the day and continue on Saturday night which means that both Saturday afternoon’s last chair and Sunday morning’s first chair could offer powder and I’ll stick with my initial thought about accumulations in the 5-10 inch range.

Extended Forecast

Monday through Wednesday, February 22-24, should be dry.

Thursday, February 25 is about the time we should see our next chance for snow.

Then between about Friday, February 26, and Monday, March 1, a stormy and cold weather pattern could set up somewhere over the western US. With some luck, this pattern could bring us more snow.

Snow conditions as of Tuesday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 5” (24 hours Monday 500am to Tuesday 500am)
* 4” (Overnight Monday 400pm to Tuesday 500am)

New snow summit:
* 7” (24 hours Monday 500am to Tuesday 500am)
* 6” (Overnight Monday 400pm to Tuesday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 46” Tuesday to Tuesday (Feb 9-16)

Terrain
* 17 of 18 lifts
* 168 of 169 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 84%

About Our Forecaster

Joel Gratz

Founding Meteorologist

Joel Gratz is the Founding Meteorologist of OpenSnow and has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 2003. Before moving to Colorado, he spent his childhood as a (not very fast) ski racer in eastern Pennsylvania.

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