This is another quick update, now on Saturday night at about midnight.

The storm total snowfall is about 10-11 inches at the summit and 6-7 inches at mid-mountain.

Summit:

Mid-mountain:

Earlier forecast models showed that snow could continue through Sunday midday, but the latest data now shows that most of the snow accumulation is likely over. There is a chance that another wave of snow will drop a coating to a few inches on Sunday morning through Sunday midday, and then that should be it.

So far, the storm's total snowfall of 6-11 inches was a little above the multi-model average of 4-8 inches and was below some of the high-resolution model data which showed 10-20 inches. Steamboat and the vicinity are one of the few spots in Colorado that saw snow from this storm, which is a lucky break as the storm could have easily tracked just a bit farther to the north and provided no snow.

I'll write a full update on Monday morning.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com