NOAA has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Utah that is calling for 1-3 feet of snow in the mountains.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 FEET. - NOAA SLC, UT today
Utah is already doing great with well above snowpack and they just had an incredible week this week. ย We were there last week and it did not suck.
This coming snowfall is going to make the place epic.
WINTER STORM WARNING for UTAH:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
254 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT HOLIDAY TRAVEL...
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODRUFF...RANDOLPH...ALTA...BRIGHTON...
MIRROR LAKE HIGHWAY...SCOFIELD...COVE FORT...KOOSHAREM...
FISH LAKE...LOA...PANGUITCH...BRYCE CANYON
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 AM MST MONDAY...
* AFFECTED AREA...THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 FEET.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING.
* WINDS...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE FORECAST TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW. WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 70 MPH ON RIDGETOPS.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE LIKELY BEGINNING
TONIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THOSE PLANNING
TRAVEL DURING THIS TIME ARE ENCOURAGED TO ADJUST TRAVEL PLANS IF
POSSIBLE...PLAN FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND CARRY A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT CONSISTING OF WARM CLOTHES AND BLANKETS...
EXTRA FOOD...WATER...FLASHLIGHT AND BATTERIES.