Weather
Utah is about to get it’s next dose of big snow. 8-16″ of new snow is forecasted for the Cottonwood Canyons this weekend. That means you Snowbird, Alta, Solitude, and Brighton. Enjoy it.
Alta has gotten 273″ of snow this season.
NOAA: Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 429 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY ABOVE 7000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 7000 FEET FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS...WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS...WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS ABOVE 7000 FEET. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WHILE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...BEGINNING NEAR 7500 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY LOWERING OVERNIGHT TO BETWEEN 6000 AND 6500 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...WITH STRONGER WINDS AND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH ALONG EXPOSED RIDGELINES THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG HIGH- ELEVATION ROADWAYS ACROSS THE NORTHERN UTAH MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND AT TIMES SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
