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Early morning preliminary information by about 6:00 am: 801-364-1591
Avalanche advisory
Tuesday, April 06, 2004, 7:30 am
Good
morning, this is Andrew McLean with the
Current Conditions:
After sporadic showers yesterday afternoon, the skies cleared under a full moon and temperatures dropped to just above freezing along the ridgetops. Winds slowed to a whispery 5 mph from all points of the compass and are expected to increase throughout today. Last night was more of a solid “refresh” of the snowpack, rather than a legitimate refreeze, which will make for excellent morning travel. In backcountry areas with a deep snowpack, nature has done a magnificent job of grooming acres of smooth open fields of carvable terrain.
Avalanche Conditions:
April showers bring May flowers, as well as rocks, stumps and corn snow hours. Getting an earlier start not only makes travel easier, but will keep you out of the strike zone for wet snow avalanches. Most of the slopes have shed their winter coats already, but a few higher elevation aspects are still shaking it off. These isolated pockets tend to be steep, shady areas that are heating up with the warm ambient temperatures, instead of direct sunlight. Watch out for mushy, shin deep snow, especially around thin, rocky areas, such as ridge crests or steep roll-overs. These areas will be most active during the heat of the day, or immediately after a thundershower.
Bottom
Line for the
There is generally a LOW avalanche danger this morning that will rise to moderate during the heat of the day.
Mountain Weather:
A mild, moist airmass will pay a visit today, bringing a chance of afternoon showers, thunderstorms and lightning. Temperatures will max out at just below 50 at 8,000’ before dropping down to slightly above freezing tonight. Light winds out of the south will intensify throughout the day and become moderate and variable in direction. This pattern will continue through Wednesday, then dry out on Thursday ahead of a cold front that is dropping out of the north on Friday.
For specific digital forecasts for the
General Information:
We will continue to issue morning forecasts for another week, and then we’ll go to intermittent afternoon updates after the Easter weekend.
The
Wasatch Powderbird Guides flew off of
If you are getting into the backcountry, please give us a call and let us know what you’re seeing, especially if you trigger an avalanche. You can leave a message at 524-5304 or 1-800-662-4140. Or you can e-mail an observation to uac@avalanche .org, or you can fax an observation to 801-524-6301.
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.
Evelyn Lees will update this advisory Wednesday morning.
Thanks for calling.
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