Steamboat Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 11 months ago January 22, 2024
Snow showers continue this week
Summary
Snowflakes and clouds will be in the sky this week, then we'll see sunny and warmer weather this weekend and next week before a likely storm in early February.
Update
Sunday and Sunday night delivered mostly cloudy skies with snow showers and light accumulations. We did pretty well with about 2 inches at mid-mountain and 4 inches at the summit.
Monday to Wednesday
Waves of moisture and weak storm energy will continue to move through Colorado, and any of these waves could deliver a coating to a few inches of snow accumulation. During this time, skies will be mostly cloudy and the high temperature each day will be in the 20s to low 30s.
Thursday and Friday
Another round of snow showers should track through Colorado, this time from the northwest. Again, each round of snow showers could drop anything from a coating to a few inches of snow. Temperatures will cool a bit with highs in the lower 20s on Thursday and in the upper teens on Friday.
Saturday, January 27 to Thursday, February 1
From Saturday (January 27) to the following Thursday (February 1), we will see dry weather, mostly sunny skies, and warmer temperatures in the 20s and 30s. If you enjoy playing in the mountains with sunny skies, good visibility, and comfortable temperatures, these will be your days!
Friday, February 2 to Sunday, February 4
The longer-range forecast models continue to agree that a storm will return to the Rockies sometime between about Friday, February 2, and Sunday, February 4. We have no hope of providing a detailed forecast for a storm that is still 10+ days into the future, but we'll watch and wait and hope that the storm in early February will be the start of another snowy weather pattern.
Thanks for reading!
JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Snow conditions as of Monday morning
New snow mid-mountain (from the snow stake):
* 2” (24 hours Sunday 500am to Monday 300am)
* 1” (Overnight Sunday 400pm to Monday 300am)
New snow summit (from the snow stake):
* 4” (24 hours Sunday 500am to Monday 300am)
* 2” (Overnight Sunday 400pm to Monday 300am)
Last snowfall:
* 4” Sunday to Sunday Night (Jan 21-22)
Terrain
* 23 of 23 lifts
* 177 of 181 trails
* Latest update
Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 108%