Snowstorms on tap for Steamboat Springs workweek
John F. Russell/Steamboat Pilot & Today
Significant snow is expected to continue through much of the workweek in Steamboat Springs on the heels of a major storm system that walloped the area over the weekend.
Local meteorologist Mike Weissbluth, who posts twice-weekly weather reports to SnowAlarm.com, noted in his Sunday report that the Steamboat Resort was showing 20 inches of fresh snow at its mid-mountain station Sunday morning and 29 inches at the summit.
The Steamboat summit snow-cam on Monday afternoon indicated accumulation from the ongoing weekend storm was set to top 30 inches, with snow continuing to fall. “On Monday night, snow should continue with 3-6+ inches of accumulation,” predicted Joel Gratz, founding meteorologist at OpenSnow.com.
Additional snow is expected for later in the work week as well. “On Thursday and Friday, the next storm will bring snow to Colorado,” Gratz wrote Monday. “I still have low confidence in the forecast and my best estimate remains in the 3-8 inch range with possible low-to-medium powder on Thursday and/or Friday.”
Following the series of snowstorms on both sides of President’s Day, the National Weather Service is forecasting sunny skies and high temperatures in the mid- to upper-30s for the upcoming weekend.
“There should be dry and warmer weather from about Saturday, Feb. 22 to about Wednesday, Feb. 26,” Gratz concurred.
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