NOAA: Winter Weather Advisory for Utah Today | 6-12+” of Snow Forecast

NOAA has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Utah’s Wasatch & Uinta Mountains that is calling for 6-12+” of snow to fall today.  It’s only the 2nd day of Fall…  September 23rd…

This Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 10am Saturday.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS. THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION WILL BE ABOVE ABOUT 9000
  FEET. - NOAA SLC, UT today

Snow levels will be as low as 7,000-feet.

* SNOW LEVELS...BETWEEN 7000 FEET AND 8000 FEET. - NOAA SLC, UT today

Alta, Snowbird, Brighton, Solitude, Park City, and the Uinta Mountains have already seen snow as of this morning (photos below).

Alta, Snowbird, Brighton, and Solitude will most likely be opening around November 18th, 2016 this season.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for UTAH:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
334 AM MDT FRI SEP 23 2016

WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODRUFF...RANDOLPH...ALTA...BRIGHTON...
MIRROR LAKE HIGHWAY

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT
SATURDAY...

* AFFECTED AREA...THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN UINTA
  MOUNTAINS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS. THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION WILL BE ABOVE ABOUT 9000
  FEET.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TODAY BEFORE
  DIMINISHING EARLY TOMORROW.

* SNOW LEVELS...BETWEEN 7000 FEET AND 8000 FEET.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL RESULT IN WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ON HIGH
  ELEVATION ROADWAYS ABOVE 8500 FEET. SOME BACKCOUNTRY ROADS WILL
  BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE SNOW. ANYONE IN THE HIGH ELEVATION
  BACKCOUNTRY IS URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE WINTER WEATHER
  CONDITIONS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS.