Seasonable temperatures and late-day showers to persist through the workweek
Sunday, May 25, 2025
After a sunny Sunday morning in Steamboat Springs, with temperatures reaching the upper sixties at noon, temperatures have fallen into the low sixties this mid-afternoon due to some clouds ahead of a weak and disorganized approaching storm. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms will be possible throughout the workweek as high temperatures rise into the low-seventies by Tuesday after a Memorial Day similar to today.
A weak and splitting wave extending from Wyoming southwestward into Utah will pass through our area in two pieces tonight and tomorrow. Even though showers are having a tough time developing today in the cool air, energy ejecting out of Utah will provide a better chance for thunderstorms by early evening, accompanied by gusty winds as some precipitation evaporates in the dry lower-level air.
Winds will shift from the southwest to the west tonight as the northern part of the split drags some cool air from the Canadian Plains southwestward, encouraging the formation of a circulation center in the Dakotas Monday night. Afternoon clouds and shower chances will follow a mostly sunny start to Memorial Day as the southern part of the split passes overhead during the day, keeping high temperatures right around our average of 69 F.
Another weakening wave from the Gulf of Alaska is forecast to split as it crosses the West Coast on Memorial Day, with the northern part of the split merging with the circulation center over the Dakatos by Wednesday. A cool front will pass through our area later Wednesday, providing a focus for a better chance of afternoon and evening storms that could produce brief heavy rain, small hail, and gusty winds, but not before high temperatures rise to the low-seventies.
A less active day will follow on Thursday with similar temperatures and a reduced chance of late-day storms.
A ridge of high pressure is forecast to build over the West by the end of the workweek ahead of yet another storm forecast to develop over the Gulf of Alaska. Temperatures will rise into the mid-seventies on Friday and upper-seventies for the weekend, with precipitation chances currently uncertain.
So enjoy the unofficial start to the summer over the rest of this Memorial Day holiday weekend, and check back for more details on next weekend’s weather in my next regularly scheduled weather narrative on Thursday afternoon.
