Steamboat Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 3 years ago March 24, 2021
More snow possible Thursday into Friday at Steamboat
Summary
Tuesday brought snow showers, Wednesday into Thursday should be drier, then from later Thursday through Friday night, the final storm of the week will deliver more accumulating snow.
Short Term Forecast
On Tuesday, we saw morning snow showers with a coating of new snow, then drier weather the rest of the day.
On Tuesday night, we saw wind gusts of 30-40mph from the east and no new snow.
On Wednesday, we should see dry weather with just a low chance for a shower.
Then from Thursday morning through Saturday morning, the third storm of the week will track south of Colorado, like the previous storms this week, and this unfavorable track should once again limit our snow accumulation. That said, we could still see at least a couple of inches of snow, and the best chances to find softer turns could be on Friday morning and again on Friday's last chair and/or Saturday’s first chair because the final part of the storm will deliver a more favorable wind direction from the west and northwest.
Extended Forecast
Saturday and Sunday will be dry and warmer with Saturday high temperatures in the 30s and Sunday high temperatures climbing into the 40s.
Then sometime between Monday, March 29, and Wednesday, March 31, all models now agree that will we see snow, which is good, but I still have low confidence in potential snow totals as the storm could be anything from one that brings a quick and glancing blow to a system that slows down and spends a day or more over Colorado. For now, I will keep expectations low and hope for the best.
Thanks for reading and check back each morning for daily updates!
JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Snow conditions as of Wednesday morning
New snow mid-mountain:
* 0-1” (24 hours Tuesday 500am to Wednesday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Tuesday 400pm to Wednesday 500am)
New snow summit:
* 0-1” (24 hours Tuesday 500am to Wednesday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Tuesday 400pm to Wednesday 500am)
Last snowfall:
* 6” Saturday to Monday (Mar 20-22)
Terrain
* 16 of 18 lifts
* 169 of 169 trails
* Latest update
Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 83%