Cimarrona emerging from the clouds… Pic taken 3/17/2022
Thursday – 17 Mar 2022 – 10:15am
The past…
At Stevens Field the high temp yesterday afternoon was 53. The low this morning was 30. The peak wind at the airfield yesterday afternoon was 23mph.
Precip summary… Just a dusting of snow fell in parts of the valley and up at Wolf Creek.

Forecast discussion…
The low is spinning over southeast CO and moving slowly towards the east. This puts us on the backside of the low with northwest flow – known as wrap-around. Northwest flow will keep most of the precip on the other side of The Divide. We could see a shower or two spill over the mountains, but they won’t amount to anything.
Friday and Saturday clouds will try to clear and we’ll be dry as ridging builds back over the region.
Sunday and Monday the next system will move through. It looks pretty similar to the system moving through now.


My forecast…

Sunday – Scattered showers will start in the afternoon and increase overnight. The snow level will start at 8,000ft and gradually drop to 6,500ft overnight.
Monday – Scattered snowshowers will taper off by late afternoon in the valley and in the evening over the mountains.



Pagosa Springs historical data
Average High | Record High / Year | Average Low | Record Low / Year |
50 | 67 / 1972 | 16 | -12 / 1917 |
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Next post will be tomorrow morning.
– Shawn