Workweek to start and end colder with likely precipitation
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Mostly sunny skies are over Steamboat Springs late this Sunday morning with temperatures in the mid-fifties, on their way to the mid-sixties. An approaching storm will bring cooler weather with some shower chances on Monday, followed by even colder temperatures and precipitation on Tuesday. Behind the storm, temperatures rebound on Wednesday and Thursday ahead of a colder, stronger storm bringing snowfall to all elevations for the end of the workweek.
A strong storm centered over northern California and headed our way has brought impressive snowfall to the Sierras, with 28” of snowfall already recorded at Kirkwood, and more coming! The storm will elongate and stretch to the southwest as it enters the Great Basin on Monday, eventually splitting as it moves overhead on Tuesday.
After a pleasant day today, with high temperatures around 10 degrees above our average of 54 degrees and afternoon breezes from the southwest, cool air will begin to filter into our area tonight as the Pacific storm enters the Great Basin and ejects waves of cool air and moisture. High temperatures drop to around or just below average on Monday, with chances for passing showers starting tonight and continuing through tomorrow.
A stronger wave rounding the storm during Monday will bring a cold front through our area Monday night, lowering snow levels to around 7,500′ and bringing a rainy Tuesday in town, perhaps with some snowflakes mixed in, and 3-6” of upper-elevation snowfall. High temperatures will finally fall below average for a change, reaching only around 50 degrees.
Skies will partially clear behind the storm during the day on Wednesday, with high temperatures rebounding toward average, followed by around 60 degrees on a Thursday that should start mostly sunny.
Meanwhile, a chunk of cold air from Siberia will travel across the Gulf of Alaska on Monday and cross the Vancouver coast on Tuesday. More cold air from western Canada will strengthen the wintry storm on Wednesday as it travels across the Pacific Northwest, traversing the Great Basin on Thursday and bringing a strong cold front with likely significant snowfall for all elevations starting Thursday night or early Friday.
Until then, enjoy the Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel and the Wailers concerts at the base of the now-closed Steamboat Ski Resort today, hope for more moisture than forecast on Tuesday, and I’ll have more details about the wintry end-of-week storm in my next regularly scheduled weather narrative on Thursday afternoon.
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