Nowcast- High pressure shifts east this morning, opening the door to the warm before the storm. Winds blowing from the south began ramping into the 30's right around sunset Wednesday, and continue in that spirit at o'dark thirty this morning. From tip to tail, temperatures hover right around freezing and I think the powder party is temporarily on hold. However, a bad day on the snow is better than a good day organizing the garage and I bet there's a narrow window of supportability on low elevation south facing slopes, where you can squeak out a couple hours of corn harvest.

Forecast- The next storm is in the wings waiting to come online, but as it marches towards the Beehive State we'll have to endure a day of warm, windy weather, and I suspect some dust gets thrown into the mix as well. For today, look for mostly sunny skies with temperatures soaring into the 50's. Winds blowing from the south are gonna be obnoxious, gusting into the 40's and 50's near the high peaks. Overnight lows dip into the low 30's.

Futurecast- Clouds thicken Friday and a cold front delivers a couple inches of snow late in the day. A break is slated for Friday night, with another shot of snow on tap for a good portion of Saturday. I'm cautiously optimistic we stack up a foot of snow by early Sunday morning.

Guardians of the steep... Bald Mountain and Reids Peak keep a watchful eye on Upper Moffit Basin from afar.

The Uintas are fat and white. In fact, last weeks stormy weather stacked up nearly three feet of snow with over 4" of water at the Trial Lake SNOTEL