Steamboat Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 1 year ago February 23, 2023
Light snow and cold temperatures
Summary
An unfavorable storm track still delivered decent snowfall on Wednesday and Wednesday night.
Update
The storm on Wednesday tracked from the southwest through Colorado, and in general, this is not a favorable storm track for us to see a lot of snow. Still, we managed to eke out 3 inches at mid-mountain and 4-6 inches at the summit, which isn't too bad. Most of this snow fell during the day on Wednesday.
Now on Thursday, the main story will be semi-soft snow and very cold temperatures with readings in the single digits for most of the day.
From Thursday night through Friday midday, another wave of energy in the southwestern storm track will bring more snow showers and we could see a couple of inches of accumulation with Friday morning offering another period of semi-soft snow. Friday's temperatures will be warmer with a high in the teens.
Saturday will be a storm-less day with partly sunny skies and a high of around 30°F.
From Sunday midday through Monday midday, the next storm will bring snow and this system could produce moderate snow totals with 5-10 inches of accumulation due to a favorable wind from the west. The best chance to see the deeper and softer snow should be on Monday morning.
And after that system, we should see multiple chances for snow during the rest of next week and into the first 7-10 days of March, and we will narrow down the details as we get closer to this time.
Thanks for reading!
JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Snow conditions as of Thursday morning
New snow mid-mountain (from the snow stake):
* 3” (24 hours Wednesday 500am to Thursday 500am)
* 1” (Overnight Wednesday 400pm to Thursday 500am)
New snow summit (from the snow stake):
* 4” (24 hours Wednesday 500am to Thursday 500am)
* 1” (Overnight Wednesday 400pm to Thursday 500am)
Last snowfall:
* 11” Sunday to Wednesday Night (Feb 19-23)
Terrain
* 15 of 21 lifts
* 158 of 171 trails
* Latest update
Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 130%