Backed by a moist westerly flow and Monday?s forecasted strong cold front, the Ogden and Salt Lake mountains should see 4-8? tonight and another 4-8? on Monday in favored locales, just what our ?vertically challenged? snowpack is desperate for. The westerly winds will build to 25-35 mph tonight and increase to 35-45 mph tomorrow, shifting northwesterly after frontal passage about midday. Current 10,000? temperatures in the mid twenties will plummet to near 12 degrees post frontal as well. Winds and snowfall will taper off rapidly late Monday as the flow shifts northerly and will remain north to northwesterly as a ridge builds to the west. Ridgetop temperatures rebound to the mid-thirties by mid-week.
