Sitting in the Storm Track

With yet another Winter Storm Warning in effect Natures Wonder continues to aim steadily for Steamboat this Winter.  Now that we have passed the 200" mark (currently 228") the question is "How quickly can we make it to 300"?".   

11" of powder fell in the last 48 hours and 10" - 20" are forecast tonight.  We are just salivating at the prospect of another big powdery week in Steamboat.  The mountain is not busy at this time of year which is just an added bonus for those that pick January as the time to be here.

Issued by The National Weather Service
Grand Junction, CO 
.. WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST TUESDAY...

PERIODS OF SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.


CAIC FORECAST:
There is a large low-pressure trough stretching northeast from Nevada. The trough keeps Colorado under moist southwesterly flow until it pulls east on Tuesday morning. There is a fast jet over southern and central Colorado, meaning strong, gusty winds through tonight. A cold front is edging southwards. Temperatures are inching downwards and will be on the cool side of seasonal tomorrow. Snowfall will increase this afternoon and evening as a moist air mass, the cold front, and jet collide. Snowfall intensity will decrease after midnight and taper off by mid-day Tuesday. Not to worry, because the next system of shortwaves on northwesterly flow will stack up on Wednesday. Snow will start in the Steamboat zone before dawn on Wednesday and spread south to the rest of the Northern and Central mountains by mid-day. It looks like the storms will stay north of the San Juans.