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In the Salt Lake Valley, it's not doing much of anything except producing virga. Up on the benches, the wind is blowing down from the mountains wisps of snow, but the mountains themselves are socked in. \:D/ Finally, a break in our dry spell -- see below.
 

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5" at Alta as of 5pm and still snowing. As a friend of mine often says, "me likey":

Wasatch Mountains South of I-80 - Cottonwood Canyons, Soldier Summit, UT

Snow and blowing snow advisory in effect until 11 pm mst this evening.
Tonight. Windy. Widespread snow showers in the evening. Then scattered snow showers after midnight. Additional accumulation 1-3 inches. Lows at 8000 feet near 15. Northwest winds 20-30 mph decreasing after midnight. Chance of snow decreasing to 30 percent after midnight.

Friday. Partly cloudy. Highs at 8000 feet in the mid 30s.

Friday night. Breezy. Partly cloudy. Lows at 8000 feet in the mid 20s. Southwest winds 15-25 mph after midnight.

Saturday. A slight chance of snow in the morning. Then a chance of snow in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Highs at 8000 feet in the upper 30s. Chance of snow 40 percent.

Saturday night. Snow likely. Lows at 8000 feet in the mid 20s. Chance of snow 70 percent.

Sunday. Snow likely. Highs at 8000 feet in the lower 30s. Chance of snow 70 percent.

Sunday night. Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow. Lows at 8000 feet near 20.

Monday. Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow. Highs at 8000 feet in the mid 30s.

Monday night through Tuesday night. Partly cloudy. Lows at 8000 feet in the mid 20s. Highs at 8000 feet in the mid 30s.

Wednesday. Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow. Highs at 8000 feet in the mid 30s.

Wednesday night. Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow. Lows at 8000 feet in the mid 20s.

Thursday. Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow. Highs at 8000 feet in the mid 30s.
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Powder day Sunday!! \:D/

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
407 PM MST THU MAR 17 2005 .

SYNOPSIS...A WEATHER SYSTEM AFFECTING NORTHERN UTAH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE FRIDAY WILL GIVE WAY TO A MOIST BUT MILD PACIFIC STORM FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEKEND.

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.DISCUSSION...BAROCLINIC ZONE HAS DROPPED OVER THE GSL AND AREAS OF PRECIP HAVE BEEN BACK FILLING AS MOISTURE BANKS INTO THE WASATCH BELOW 550 MB. LITTLE PRECIP IN THE CENTRAL WASATCH SO FAR BUT NOW OCCURRING. SNOWFALL RANGING FROM 1-3 INCHES SO FAR ABOVE 7000 FEET...MOST IN THE COTTONWOODS AND A REPORT OF 4 IN THE FAR NORTH WASATCH EARLIER. WINDS OVER MOUNTAINS CONTINUE BUT HAVE PEAKED. THOUGH WAVE CLOUDS TO OUR WEST DEPICT STABLE LAYER ABOVE 600 MB AND JET MAX NOW DIVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL UTAH. WEST TO NW WINDS HAVE TAKEN OVER MOST LOW LANDS OF UTAH. TAIL END OF A SECONDARY WAVE IN IDAHO WILL CLIP NORTHEAST UTAH THIS EVE AND UNSTABLE LAYER BELOW 600 MB WILL CONTINUE OROGRAPHIC PRECIP...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN WASATCH AND WESTERN UINTAS AND PART OF THE WASATCH PLATEAU ALONG THE BAROCLINIC ZONE. WILL CONTINUE ADVISORY IN THESE AREAS. MOST PRECIP WILL END BY MIDNIGHT AS STABLE LAYER ALOFT LOWERS AND MID LEVEL WIND AND SUPPORT DIMINISHES.

SHORT WAVE RIDGING DEVELOPS ON FRIDAY AND WARM AIR ADVECTION SPREADS CLOUDS ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS. THIS MAY BRING SOME LIGHT PRECIP LATE IN THE DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY IN THE FAR NORTH. EYES TURN TO THE PACIFIC SYSTEM NEAR 130W. THIS WILL SEND THE LEADING VORT LOBE INTO SOUTHWEST UTAH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS A MOIST MID LEVEL SUPPORTS SOME LIGHT PRECIP OVER HIGH TERRAIN IN SW FLOW. AIR MASS WARMS TO NEAR -2C ON SATURDAY AND SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES SURFACE AND ALOFT. GOOD CYCLONIC FLOW AND STEEP LAPSE RATE WITH THE SHORT WAVE TROF SATURDAY NIGHT DRIVEN BY THE SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE WESTERLIES WHICH ORIGINATED FROM A MOIST AIR MASS IN THE PACIFIC SHOULD GIVE THE REGION A WIDESPREAD PRECIP EVENT AND RATHER HIGH SNOW LEVELS. SNOW LEVELS LOWER TO 6000 FT EARLY SUNDAY AS THE TROF AXIS MOVES THROUGH WITH LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIP CONTINUING SUNDAY MORNING. WAVE SPLITS WHILE DEPARTING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGERING SHOWERS EXPECTED. 12Z ECMWF...GFS AND UKMET DEPICT SIMILAR SCENARIO WITH THIS SYSTEM WHICH RESEMBLES SOME OF THE MOIST SW FLOW EVENTS OF THIS WINTER BUT IS PROGRESSIVE. FLOW BECOMES QUITE SPLIT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY SO LITTLE CHANCE OF PRECIP IF ANY.

SHORT WAVE RIDGE DEPICTED ON TUESDAY AS THE SOUTHERN BRANCH SENDS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WAVE TOWARD CALIFORNIA. 12Z MODELS DIG THIS WAVE AND ARE SLOWER AS A RESULT...SO THE OPENING SHORT WAVE TROF DOES NOT REACH UTAH UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. HAVE ADJUSTED GRIDS FOR THIS. WAVE WEAKENS WHEN IT REACHES THE GREAT BASIN BUT LIKE THIS WEEKENDS SYSTEM IT HAS A GOOD MOISTURE SOURCE.
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(I'll just keep replying to myself. Kinda the electronic equivalent of mumbling to yourself, huh?)

10.5" new at Alta, baby!! And Saturday night/Sunday's storm will reportedly have a whole lot more moisture to work with. It's a powder weekend on tap!! \:D/
 
As I said before, I like Marc's chances as a SLC local. It didn't take long. And the storm is even convenient enough to show up for the weekend during the season he can't ski midweek. It's a tough life.
 
Tony Crocker":z2clm79g said:
As I said before, I like Marc's chances as a SLC local. It didn't take long. And the storm is even convenient enough to show up for the weekend during the season he can't ski midweek. It's a tough life.
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And we've even got stellar après-ski -- I just picked up tickets for great seats at an Elvis Costello show in a small venue on Sunday evening (Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah). Where else could I do that for après-ski??

Indeed, "It's a tough life." :D
 
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