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Steamboat Weather Report
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| 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
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| Tue
| | Mostly Sunny | 64° F
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| 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.
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.AVIATION...
VFR TODAY...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
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.GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CO...NONE.
UT...NONE.
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SHORT TERM.....P |
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