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Steamboat Weather & Snow Report
| Conditions at Steamboat for 3/14/2009 5:00:00 AM |
| New Snow |
| Total 24 hrs |
Last 48 hrs |
Last 72 hrs |
| 0" |
0" |
0" |
| Snow Depth Base |
| Mid Mountain |
Mountain Top |
Total Snow Fall |
| 52" |
67" |
208.50" |
| Current Conditions |
| Temp at 5am |
Winds |
Weather |
| 10° F |
E 9mph |
Partly Cloudy |
| Trail Report |
| Conditions |
Lifts |
Trails - Acres |
| Packed Powder |
16/18 |
165/165 - 2,942 |
| Steamboat Forecast
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Day
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Skies
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Forecast
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Hi
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Low
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Chance Of Precipitation
| Mon
| | Mostly Sunny | 44° F
| 21° F
| 12%
| Tue
| | Mostly Sunny | 46° F
| 22° F
| 2%
| Wed
| | Partly Sunny | 48° F
| 24° F
| 1%
| Thu
| | Chance Snow | 42° F
| 22° F
| 0%
| Fri
| | Chance Snow | 37° F
| 19° F
| 0%
| Sat
| | | ° F
| ° F
| 0%
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| Extended Forecast | | SHORT TERM | | TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...
CLOSED LOW HAS SHIFTED TO NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO...BUT HAS IMPACTED
MUCH OF OUR FORECAST AREA TODAY. MOST OF THE PCPN HAS BEEN LIMITED
TO THE SRN HALF...OR WEST AND SOUTH OF THE GRAND MESA. BUT FOR
AREAS THAT HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH OR ANY PCPN LIKE VERNAL...EAGLE...
AND GUNNISON...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE BEEN A FACTOR.
PCPN AND WIND WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. MODELS INDICATE
THAT THE CLOSED LOW WILL BE FILLING AS IT DRIFTS SOUTH SOUTHEAST OVER
WRN NEW MEXICO...AND THIS IS BECOMING EVIDENT ON SATELLITE IMAGES.
MOISTURE IS NOT TIGHTLY AS WRAPPED AROUND THE CLOSED LOW AS SEVERAL
HOURS AGO...AND THE UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND COOLING CLOUD TOPS
DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME DEFINITION. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE REMAINS
ALIGNED WITH THE SRN UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU TO THE LA SAL MOUNTAINS...
BUT WITH LESS VIGOR. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TODAY HAS FALLEN OVER THE
UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU...PLUS THE VALLEY AREAS OF SAN MIGUEL..DOLORES...
AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES. A LOW END WARNING COULD BE HOISTED FOR THESE
VALLEY AREAS...BUT WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF WITH NOT MUCH ADDITIONAL
WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED...CURRENT HIGHLIGHTS SHOULD BE
SUFFICIENT. ANOTHER MOISTURE SURGE CIRCULATING NORTHWARD SHOULD
AFFECT THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS IN LA PLATA AND
ARCHULETA COUNTIES THIS EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATER THIS
EVENING. WITH WINDS SUBSIDING AND PARTIAL CLEARING DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...PATCHY FOG SHOULD DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING FOR THE
VALLEY AREAS THAT RECEIVED A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW TODAY.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...DRIER NORTHERLY FLOW TAKES OVER ON MONDAY AS
UTAH AND COLORADO WILL BE BETWEEN THE UPSTREAM RIDGE AND DOWNSTREAM
CLOSED LOW. HOWEVER THE NAM AND GFS SHOWS SOME SHALLOW POTENTIAL
INSTABILITY ALONG THE DIVIDE...SO HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR
THE SRN AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON.
UPSTREAM RIDGE AXIS TRANSLATES ACROSS UTAH ON TUESDAY FOR GENERALLY
SUNNY CONDITIONS FOR THE FORECAST AREA.
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