Cold winter temperatures arriving Tuesday will begin to moderate before reaching 50 degrees F by the end of the week, according to local meteorologist Mike Weissbluth.

Weissbluth, who posts twice a week local forecasts to SnowAlarm.com, said Sunday afternoon that the approaching cold weather could bring light snow showers to the Yampa Valley in the afternoon that “may reach an inch or two in town and 2-5 inches on the hill.”

“High temperatures in town on Tuesday may only reach the low twenties, almost twenty degrees below average,” said Weissbluth, adding that local record-cold temperatures for Nov. 17 are 20 degrees F in 1929; 21 degrees F in 1930; and 24 degrees F in 1985.

“And if skies clear as expected Tuesday night, low temperatures will fall into the low single digits, even to around zero degrees in the favored low-lying spots of the Yampa Valley, well below the fifteen-degree average,” said Weissbluth.

After the cold weather system moves through, Weissbluth said temperatures should rise to “above average” in the mid-40s on Thursday before more warmth approaches on Friday.

Weissbluth said warm temperatures would likely continue on Saturday when the Steamboat Ski Resort opens for the 2024-25 winter season.

“There is a fair bit of uncertainty concerning how a Gulf of Alaska storm evolves, with current forecasts advertising snow for Sunday,” he added.