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Steamboat Springs Weather
Forecast for 5/13/2008 6:31:23 AM
 
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Snow Showers Chance Rain/Snow Chance Rain/Snow Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
45°F/7°C 54°F/12°C 53°F/11°C 63°F/17°C 66°F/18°C 67°F/19°C
26°F/-3°C 34°F/1°C 29°F/-1°C 33°F/0°C 36°F/2°C 37°F/2°C
 
Chance of Precipitation
72% 6% 20% 40% 28% 9%


Discussion for 5/13/2008 6:31:23 AM
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SHORT TERM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... UPPER LOW BECOMING A CLOSED CIRCULATION OVER NW ARIZONA THIS MORNING AND AS A RESULT THE BAROCLINIC BAND HAS WEAKENED. CLOUD TOPS HAVE WARMED HOWEVER RADAR SHOWING ONGOING MOUNTAIN SNOW OVER THE SAN JUANS. THE ARIZONA LOW AND THE NRN STREAM SHORT WAVE REMAINS CONNECTED IN THE UPPER LEVELS AND THE TROUGH AXIS MOVES ACROSS WRN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE AIR MASS NEARLY SATURATED AND SHALLOW INSTABILITY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY WHERE WINTER STORM WARNING HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM. BUT THE HEAVIEST PCPN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED... WINDS ALOFT BECOMING NORTHEAST AND WEAKENING FRONTOGENETICAL AND DYNAMICAL FORCING WITH INHIBIT ORGANIZED PCPN. DRYING AND CLEARING TREND...ALREADY UNDERWAY OVER NE UTAH THIS MORNING...OCCURS BEHIND THE EASTBOUND TROUGH AXIS. CLOSED LOW MOVES ACROSS SRN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND THE DEFORMATION ZONE THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE NRN STREAM WILL DEPART SW COLORADO THIS EVENING. SHOWERS WILL END BY MIDNIGHT. FARTHER NORTH...SOME HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING AHEAD OF THE NEXT UPSTREAM SHORT WAVE. LONG WAVE PATTERN WANTS TO FORM AN OMEGA BLOCK ALONG THE WEST COAST...AND TO DO SO THE NEXT SHORT WAVE DROPS INTO COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY ON ITS WAY TO ARIZONA AND REPLACES THE CURRENT CLOSED LOW. THIS WAVE HAS A LONG CONTINENTAL TRACK AND ARRIVES FROM THE NORTHEAST...BUT THERE IS A MOISTURE PLUME. EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT AS INSTABILITY AND FORCING WILL BE LACKING.
 
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