Afternoon showers to bookend a pleasantly warm weekend
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Mostly sunny skies this morning over Steamboat Springs have yielded to some brief rain showers this Thursday afternoon, with the earlier sixty-degree temperatures falling into the upper fifties. Temperatures will warm toward a pleasant seventy-five degrees this weekend, with afternoon showers most likely on Friday and Mother’s Day.
Though the past storm system was close, its further-than-predicted southern trajectory limited precipitation in our area to only several hundredths of an inch. However, the Front Range and southeastern plains received the forecast beneficial rainfall, and Loveland ended up the Colorado ski area winner with fifteen inches over two days.
A ridge of high pressure ahead of a strong and cold storm over the Gulf of Alaska will build over the West this weekend, bringing warming temperatures reaching toward seventy degrees on Friday and mid-seventies on the weekend, about ten degrees above our average of 63 F.
While we should see mostly sunny mornings through the weekend, moisture left behind by the last storm will bring another round of afternoon and evening thunderstorm chances on Friday, similar to today. Saturday will be the driest day before the Gulf of Alaska storm begins to approach the Pacific Northwest coast, modestly increasing moisture by Sunday afternoon and again allowing for a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
The storm is forecast to cross the West Coast on Monday, bringing increasing breezes from the southwest to start the work week with continued temperatures in the seventies. So enjoy yet another beautiful weekend, and check back Sunday afternoon for my next regularly scheduled weather narrative for details on what we may expect from the approaching midweek storm.
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