Monday was a perfectly sunny day, and now on Tuesday morning, we once again have a temperature inversion as readings up on the hill are in the teens with readings near the base in the single digits.

Tuesday will be a mostly sunny and warm day with a high temperature of around 30 degrees.

Wednesday, which is opening day (!), will start out dry, then we'll see more clouds throughout the day with snow likely starting by mid-to-late afternoon, and the high temperature should be in the low 20s. If the snow starts early enough, there could be just a bit of powder by the time of last chair on Wednesday.

Wednesday night into Thursday morning will bring more snow with likely 1-3 inches by Thursday mid-morning. The northwest and north-northwest wind direction with this storm is not ideal for Steamboat (the best wind direction is from the west or west-northwest) but the system should be strong enough to bring us at least some snow and softer conditions by Thursday morning.

Friday and Saturday will be a return to dry and mostly sunny weather with high temperatures around 30 degrees.

Then on Saturday night into Sunday, a fast-moving storm from the west should clip northern Colorado and deliver a few inches of snow. This should create soft-ish conditions on Sunday.

Looking ahead to next week, a storm is likely around Tuesday, November 29, though it's too soon to talk about the details like storm timing and snow amounts.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Tuesday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 0” (24 hours Monday 500am to Tuesday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Monday 400pm to Tuesday 500am)

New snow summit:
* 0” (24 hours Monday 500am to Tuesday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Monday 400pm to Tuesday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 8” Friday (Nov 18)

Terrain
* 0 of 17 lifts
* 0 of 172 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 127%