NOAA has issued a Winter Storm Warning and an Avalanche Watch for the Wasatch mountains of Utah today through Wednesday.
1-3 feet of snow is expected.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD 12 TO 24 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION WITH AMOUNTS APPROACHING 3 FEET IN THE WASATCH RANGE AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. - NOAA SLC, UT today
Alta just got 10″ in the past 24 hours and they’ve gotten 115″ this season.
Snowbird just got 10″ in the past 24 hours and they’ve gotten 121″ this season.
WINTER STORM WARNING for UTAH:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
431 AM MST MON DEC 21 2015
...HEAVY SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS...
.A SERIES OF FAST MOVING WEATHER DISTURBANCES IN THE MOIST
WESTERLY FLOW OVER UTAH WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH DURING THE FIRST HALF
OF THE WEEK. SNOW WILL REDEVELOP MIDDAY AND BECOME HEAVY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES TUESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF.
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODRUFF...RANDOLPH...ALTA...BRIGHTON...
MIRROR LAKE HIGHWAY...SCOFIELD...COVE FORT...KOOSHAREM...
FISH LAKE
431 AM MST MON DEC 21 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM
MST WEDNESDAY...
* AFFECTED AREA...THE WASATCH AND WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS ALONG
WITH THE WASATCH PLATEAU...BOOK CLIFFS AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
OF UTAH.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD 12 TO 24 INCHES OF TOTAL
ACCUMULATION WITH AMOUNTS APPROACHING 3 FEET IN THE WASATCH
RANGE AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING VERY
HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF.
* WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW LATE MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. GUSTS ALONG EXPOSED RIDGELINES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 70
MPH AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS
THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE PERIODS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WHICH MAY FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY AND HAMPER
TRAVEL. THOSE TRAVELING DURING THIS TIME SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
