Weather
Utah is about to get clobbered by snow Monday – Wednesday.
NOAA has issued a Winter Storm Watch that is calling for 14-28″ of snowfall in the mountains.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...14 TO 28 INCHES. - NOAA SLC, UT today
They’re calling for a cold front to stall and hang out over Utah dropping significant snow in Utah’s Northern & Central mountains including the Wasatch.
.A COLD AND ENERGETIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SETTLE INTO THE GREAT BASIN EARLY MONDAY...THEN TRACK VERY SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MANY OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY. - NOAA SLC, UT today
2015/16 UTAH SNOWFALL TOTALS:
- Brighton = 391″
- Snowbird = 383″
- Alta = 361″
- Solitude = 335″
- Park City = 284″
- Powder Mountain = 243″
- Snowbasin = 235″
UTAH STORM INFO:
WINTER STORM WATCH for UTAH:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
834 AM MDT SUN MAR 27 2016
...A LONG DURATION SPRING STORM TO IMPACT UTAH THROUGH MIDWEEK...
.A COLD AND ENERGETIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SETTLE INTO THE
GREAT BASIN EARLY MONDAY...THEN TRACK VERY SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MANY OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL ALSO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN
AND WESTERN VALLEYS. HEAVY SNOWFALLS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE VALLEY
LOCATIONS...THOUGH THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL NOT BE CONTINUOUS
AND THE AMOUNTS QUITE VARIABLE THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS
STORM.
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODRUFF...RANDOLPH...ALTA...BRIGHTON
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
* AFFECTED AREA...THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN UTAH
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...14 TO 28 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN WASATCH RANGE
LATE TONIGHT...THEN SPREAD SOUTH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
WASATCH RANGE EARLY MONDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL
MOVE THROUGHOUT THE RANGE...BUT NO ONE AREA CAN EXPECT
CONTINUOUS ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE
AS SNOW DEVELOPS OVER THE AREA.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY AND RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL MAKE FOR
DIFFICULT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALL MOUNTAIN ROUTES WILL BE
IMPACTED BY THIS STORM.
