Seventy degree temperatures to last through the weekend
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Temperatures reached seventy-six degrees this Thursday mid-afternoon in Steamboat Springs under mostly sunny skies. This weekend, we will see continued warm temperatures more representative of early September than mid-October, along with periodic smoke from the Lake Fire in the Unitas. The mostly sunny skies may be interrupted by clouds early Friday and again later Sunday as a small storm approaches.
A stubborn ridge of high pressure responsible for our gorgeous fall weather still extends from the Mississippi to the West Coast. High clouds behind a storm moving across the Canadian Plains may move overhead tonight through Friday morning, but mostly sunny skies should return by Friday afternoon.
There may be a couple of pulses of smoke over our area early Friday and again Friday night, as shown by the NOAA Smoke Plume model. This model is run four times a day through 48 hours, so be sure to check that guidance for the latest forecast.
A storm now moving through the Gulf of Alaska is forecast to split, with the southern end forming an eddy that crosses the Oregon-California coast on Saturday. The eddy then begins to meander around the Great Basin by Sunday, and we may see some moisture drawn northward by the southerly winds ahead of the eddy. Clouds should increase by Sunday afternoon with even a shower possible later in the day or evening, though that would likely produce more wind than rain due to the dry lower atmosphere.
The eddy is forecast to move very little through the beginning of the workweek, and we may see some clouds and low shower chances again on Monday. The eddy is forecast to eventually be ejected to our northeast around midweek by another colder and wetter storm currently developing over the Aleutian Islands.
But we’ve already seen several storms that looked promising a week in advance fizzle by the time they approached our area, so enjoy another beautiful weekend and check back to my next regularly scheduled weather narrative on Sunday afternoon for the latest details on the next evolving storm.
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