Steamboat Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 9 months ago January 28, 2024
Calm weather for now, then a storm likely late in the week or next weekend
Summary
Saturday was a gorgeous day, and we'll see dry weather and warm temperatures continue through the middle of the week.
Update
Saturday
Following a few morning clouds, most of Saturday was sunny and the high temperature was in the mid-20s.
Sunday and Monday
We will likely see some clouds on Sunday morning, skies could be sunnier on Sunday afternoon, and then clouds could come back for a while on Monday morning, before again dissipating on Monday afternoon. Otherwise, these two days will be dry with a high in the low 30s.
Tuesday and Wednesday
We will see sunshine and warmer temperatures with highs in the mid-to-upper 30s. Due to the warmth during the day, and colder temperatures at night, there could be a melt/freeze crust on some slopes with crunchy conditions in the morning.
Thursday
The dry weather will continue on Thursday, though clouds ahead of our next storm will begin to filter the sunshine. The high temperatures should be in the mid-30s.
Friday, February 2 to Sunday, February 4
The next storm will arrive in Colorado with snow likely from Friday through Sunday.
Even though we are one day closer to this storm, I still have low confidence in the details of the forecast.
The track of this storm will be from southwest to northeast, and generally, that is NOT a favorable setup for high snow amounts at Steamboat. However, with the storm potentially strengthening and sticking around the area for a couple of days, 72-hour snow totals could still be respectable. We'll see.
Thanks for reading!
JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Snow conditions as of Sunday morning
New snow mid-mountain (from the snow stake):
* 0” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 300am)
* 0” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 300am)
New snow summit (from the snow stake):
* 0” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 300am)
* 0” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 300am)
Last snowfall:
* 6” Sunday to Friday Night (Jan 21-27)
Terrain
* 23 of 23 lifts
* 181 of 181 trails
* Latest update
Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 103%