56°

Mostly Clear

High 73° · Low 51° · feels 56°

Marina lakeside station · 5:16 AM MDT

Air 13 · Good

Low 70s through Fri, cooling to the mid 60s by Tue. A storm chance Sun.

This morning’s read

The morning read publishes daily around 5:45 am Mountain.

Up the Pine Weather. A forecast, not road status. Check COtrip before you drive, and the National Weather Service for warnings.

Hour by hour

Drag across the ridge — the sky is tonight and tomorrow, the mountain is the temperature.

52°

Now Wed, Sep 9 Mostly Clear

4 mph

Now, Wed, Sep 9, 52 degrees, Mostly Clear
6 AM, Wed, Sep 9, 49 degrees, Sunny
7 AM, Wed, Sep 9, 50 degrees, Sunny
8 AM, Wed, Sep 9, 54 degrees, Sunny
9 AM, Wed, Sep 9, 61 degrees, Sunny
10 AM, Wed, Sep 9, 65 degrees, Sunny
11 AM, Wed, Sep 9, 68 degrees, Sunny
12 PM, Wed, Sep 9, 68 degrees, Sunny
1 PM, Wed, Sep 9, 70 degrees, Sunny
2 PM, Wed, Sep 9, 71 degrees, Sunny
3 PM, Wed, Sep 9, 72 degrees, Sunny
4 PM, Wed, Sep 9, 72 degrees, Sunny
5 PM, Wed, Sep 9, 72 degrees, Sunny, 1 percent chance of rain
6 PM, Wed, Sep 9, 74 degrees, Mostly Clear, 1 percent chance of rain
7 PM, Wed, Sep 9, 69 degrees, Mostly Clear, 1 percent chance of rain
8 PM, Wed, Sep 9, 62 degrees, Mostly Clear
9 PM, Wed, Sep 9, 58 degrees, Mostly Clear
10 PM, Wed, Sep 9, 55 degrees, Mostly Clear
11 PM, Wed, Sep 9, 53 degrees, Mostly Clear
12 AM, Thu, Sep 10, 55 degrees, Mostly Clear
1 AM, Thu, Sep 10, 53 degrees, Mostly Clear
2 AM, Thu, Sep 10, 51 degrees, Mostly Clear
3 AM, Thu, Sep 10, 50 degrees, Mostly Clear
4 AM, Thu, Sep 10, 49 degrees, Mostly Clear

See how much the models disagree — drag through the next 48 hours

The bold line is the corrected blend; the shaded band is how far the models disagree. Drag across it — or focus it and use .

Drag or use · the band is model spread, the line is the corrected blend.

Next seven days

Bars share one temperature scale, so you can read the week at a glance. Tap any day for the model spread, the correction, and the record.

WedSep 9Sunny

73°51°1%

Model range 80–85° · low 51°

ThuSep 10Sunny

72°49°

Model range 79–84° · low 49°

FriSep 11Showers

70°48°16%

Model range 76–84° · low 48°

SatSep 12Showers

68°49°21%

Model range 74–81° · low 49°

SunSep 13Showers

65°50°47%

Model range 70–78° · low 50°

MonSep 14Showers

64°49°36%

Model range 68–78° · low 49°

TueSep 15Showers

64°49°35%

Model range 68–79° · low 49°

Live radar

Precipitation radar

The latest radar frame over the San Juans (RainViewer). Loads when you scroll here to keep the page light.

Radar RainViewer · base map CARTO/OpenStreetMap · data NOAA/NWS.

Right now · elevation gradient

Lake vs. the high country

The lake sits at about 7,665 ft; Big Bear Park (station BBRC2) is up at 10,341 ft, ≈2,700 ft higher toward the Weminuche. The difference between them is the gradient that flat forecasts miss.

56°

the lake · 7,665 ft

even

56°

10,341 ft · Big Bear Park (BBRC2)

Why it differs from your phone

Most apps read one model and smooth the terrain flat. We pull several — NWS, GFS, ECMWF, ICON — pin them to the lake's real elevation, and blend them, then correct toward the marina's lakeside station. That's why it can disagree with your phone.

Sources: NWS · GFS · ECMWF · ICON. · Ground truth: the lakeside marina station. See how we verify.