Steamboat Weather Report

Steamboat Forecast
Day	Skies	Forecast	Hi	Low	Chance Of Precipitation
Today		Mostly Sunny	67° F	35° F	0%
Fri		Sunny	72° F	44° F	0%
Sat		Mostly Sunny	74° F	45° F	0%
Sun		Partly Sunny	77° F	46° F	0%
Mon		Slight Chance Thunderstorms	65° F	38° F	0%
Tue		Mostly Sunny	64° F	42° F	0%

Extended Forecast

SHORT TERM

TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... HIGH PRESSURE WILL COVER MUCH OF THE WRN CONUS IN THE WAKE OF PROGRESSIVE TROUGH CROSSING THE DAKOTAS. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NRN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION SHIFTS SOUTHEAST AND REACHES NRN COLORADO LATE TONIGHT. THIS ALLOWS FOR GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING... AND COMBINED WITH LONGER NIGHTS...EXPECT A CHILLY MORNING FOR NW COLORADO. MOS GUIDANCE HAS CRAIG NEAR FREEZING AND BIAS CORRECTED DATA AGREES. THE TOWN OF CRAIG IS TYPICALLY WARMER THAN THE KCAG SITE ALONG THE YAMPA RIVER...PLUS MEEKER AND HAYDEN GUIDANCE IS A FEW DEGREES ABOVE 32F. THEREFORE DO NOT THINK A FREEZE WATCH IS WARRANTED FOR PARTS OF NW COLORADO AS ANY FREEZING WEATHER WILL BE SPOTTY...BUT WILL INTRODUCE PATCHY FROST TO THE WEATHER GRIDS. FOR FRIDAY...A WEAK DISTURBANCE IN FRONT OF THE RIDGE AXIS CROSSES THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WITH AN INCREASE OF MOISTURE. THE RIDGE KEEPS THE AIR MASS STABLE AND PRECIPITABLE WATER STAYS BELOW A HALF INCH...BUT A FEW AFTERNOON CLOUDS MAY FORM OVER MOUNTAIN RIDGES. OTHERWISE THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION SUMMED IT UP NICELY...QUITE UNEVENTFUL NEXT TWO DAYS. .LONG-TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A LARGE UPPER RIDGE WILL BE THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE SATURDAY FOR A SUNNY AND DRY START TO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. SUNDAY LOOKING DRY BUT BREEZY AHEAD OF COLD FRONT THAT COULD TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS ON MONDAY. MODELS BRING THE FIRST OF TWO SHORTWAVE TROUGHS INTO THE PACIFIC NW ON SUNDAY...SWINGING IT ACROSS WY ON MONDAY. WARM CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUNDAY IN ADVANCE OF THE TROUGH...AND A TIGHTENING GRADIENT SHOULD BOOST SURFACE WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHILE LIMITED MOISTURE ENCROACHES FROM THE SOUTH. THE COLDEST AIR ALOFT REMAINS TO OUR N WITH TROUGH PASSAGE ON MONDAY...BUT MODELS STILL INDICATE A DECENT LOOKING COLD FRONT TO PUSH INTO AT LEAST THE NORTH MONDAY WITH UPPER JET PROVIDING SOME DYNAMICS. MODEL PRECIPITATION REMAINS ANEMIC... HOWEVER...SO WILL KEEP LOW-END POPS IN THE PLACE FOR MONDAY WITH ONLY SOME MINOR TWEAKING OF THE TIMING. CONTINUED BREEZY TO WINDY ON MONDAY. NE UT/NW CO WILL SEE THE MOST COOLING ON MONDAY AND THIS ALREADY REFLECTED IN THE CURRENT GRIDDED TEMP FORECAST...SO NO CHANGES THERE. 00Z MEX MOS GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT NEAR TO BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES TUE MORNING FOR SOME MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN HIGH VALLEYS. A SECOND PACIFIC SHORTWAVE TROUGH REACHES THE PACIFIC NW TUE BUT MODELS DIG THIS TROUGH INTO THE FAR WEST WED. RESULTANT SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS OUR AREA SHOULD CAUSE TEMPS TO REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION... VFR TODAY...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. && .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CO...NONE. UT...NONE. $$ SHORT TERM.....P