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
Day	Skies	Forecast	Hi	Low	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%

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.