Weather
NOAA has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Utah for Friday and Saturday. 10-20″ of snowfall is forecast with snow levels around 6,000-feet.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES.
* SNOW LEVELS...NEAR 6500 FEET THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT THEN FALLING BELOW 6000 FEET BY SATURDAY.
Utah Season Snowfall Totals:
- Snowbird = 267″
- Brighton = 263″
- Alta = 251″
- Solitude = 244″
- Park City = 185″
WINTER STORM WARNING for UTAH:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 355 AM MST THU JAN 28 2016 WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTA...BRIGHTON...MIRROR LAKE HIGHWAY... SCOFIELD ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80...THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS AND THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL TURN HEAVIER BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW LEVELS...NEAR 6500 FEET THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT THEN FALLING BELOW 6000 FEET BY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS HIGH- ELEVATION ROUTES IN THE AFFECTED AREA.
