march 26

March 26, 2007 - 6:35 am
SUMMARY >>> Danger by
  ASPECT & ELEVATION
BOTTOM LINE
on slopes over 35 degrees
  The avalanche danger is generally LOW this morning, and may rise to MODERATE on slopes steeper than about 35 degrees with daytime heating. 

Forecaster: Drew Hardesty LINKS: -Danger scale- -Encyclopedia- -Text only-     CURRENT CONDITIONS >>> LINKS TO MORE INFO: NWS SNOW PAGESNOTEL MAP
We have partly cloudy skies this morning with light west to southwesterly winds.  Overnight lows dropped to the low to mid-30’s above 9000’ and the upper 30’s to low 40’s below that.  Conditions are excellent for long travel in the mountains, though with today’s increasing winds, clouds, and convective instability, it may not be textbook corn skiing and riding. 


RECENT AVALANCHES AND SNOWPACK INFO >>> LINKS TO MORE INFO
AVALANCHE LISTPHOTOSACCIDENTSSNOW PROFILES None. AVALANCHE CONCERNS >>> WHERE PROBABILITY SIZE TREND Likely
  Unlikely Large  
Small Increasing
Danger
Same Decreasing
Danger
over the next 10 hrs Last week’s new snow instabilities are long gone and folks seem to be on the good early morning routine for the spring diurnal cycle.  Keep up the good work by being off the overheated slopes as the day progresses. 

MOUNTAIN WEATHER >>> LINKS TO MORE INFO
UAC COMPILATION
NWS ZONAL FORECAST
SEASONAL Wx CHARTS We’ll have increasing southwesterly winds today and localized thunderstorms with convective development in the northern and central Wasatch.  8000’ temperatures will rise into the 50’s with 10k free air temps rising to near 40.  By the afternoon, winds should be blowing 30-35mph increasing to near 50 along the ridgetops late tonight.  The storm moves in tomorrow with heavy snowfall expected through late Wednesday.  We could see storm totals of up to 2’ in favored locations, with temps dropping into the low teens by late Tuesday.

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS >>> The Wasatch Powderbird Guides were in Cascade and American Fork.  They’ll return today. For more info, call 742-2800.uac@avalanche.org (uac@avalanche.org). (Fax 801-524-6301)Brett Kobernik will update this advisory by 7:30 on Tuesday morning, and thanks for calling.

The information in this advisory is from the U.S. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.
This advisory provided by the Wasatch Cache National Forest, in partnership with:  Utah Division of State Parks and Recreation, The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center, Utah Department of Emergency Services and Homeland Security and Salt Lake County


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