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Steamboat Springs Weather
Forecast for 10/10/2008 2:52:49 PM
 
Today Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15
Rain Showers Likely Snow Showers Likely Chance Snow Showers Partly Cloudy Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny
63°F/17°C 46°F/7°C 43°F/6°C 47°F/8°C 53°F/11°C 59°F/15°C
33°F/0°C 26°F/-3°C 20°F/-6°C 24°F/-4°C 26°F/-3°C 28°F/-2°C
 
Chance of Precipitation
22% 27% 71% 61% 28% 10%


Discussion for 10/10/2008 2:52:49 PM
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SHORT TERM TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN SYSTEM MOVEMENT AND STRENGTH BUT ARE FAR APART IN GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES. NAM AND GFS DROP A DUMBBELLING 500 MB CLOSED LOW INTO THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN TODAY. A 90-110 KT JET OVER NW UTAH WILL MOVE EAST TO NE UT AND NW CO BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY OVER NW UT. AS THE UPPER LOW CENTER CONSOLIDATES AND DEEPENS OVER SOUTHERN NV...THE SURFACE FRONT WILL PUSH RATHER SLOWLY TO THE EAST BUT WILL ROTATE TO BECOME MORE NORTH- TO-SOUTH ORIENTED AS IT APPROACHES THE UT/CO BORDER SAT MORNING. THIS WILL LEAVE THE EASTERN UT AND WESTERN CO UNDER A FAIRLY STRONG BAND OF WINDS ALOFT TODAY AND TONIGHT. A BAROCLINIC BAND WILL REMAIN OVER EXTREME NE UT AND NW CO TODAY SO HAVE INCREASED POPS HERE. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH DEEP VERTICAL MIXING... SUPPORTING THE INCREASING SURFACE WINDS AND ALLOWING ISOLD CONVECTION TO DEVELOP OVER AND NEAR RIDGES. BELIEVE THE WINDS WILL STAY JUST BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING. SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE VERY ACTIVE DAYS. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE SIGNIFICANT AGAIN AS IT APPEARS A MAX WIND BAND WILL TRAVEL OVER THE AREA JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE FRONT IS PREDICTED THROUGH EASTERN UTAH IN THE MORNING AND WILL MOVE TO EASTERN CO SOMETIME SATURDAY EVENING. THE BEST PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE WITH THE COLD FRONT AND HAVE TRIED TO SHOW THIS IN THE PRECIP GRIDS. SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH AN ABRUPT WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. THE SNOW LEVEL SHOULD DROP FROM ABOUT 10,000 TO AROUND 9000 FT SATURDAY.
 
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