Skies are clear.
Winds are moderate from the west.
Mountain temperatures look more like spring and not mid-December. Some mountain stations reached into the mid-40s yesterday and it's only going to get warmer in the coming days. It should be pointed out that some weather stations in the mid and low elevations have not had a proper refreeze for a day or two. See Timp Divide below.
For today, we'll see sunny skies, moderate winds from the west, and mountain temps rising to the upper 30s up high and the low-50s down low.
For the longer range, it looks as if the ridge of high pressure gets squashed down mid-next week, allowing for a somewhat more active weather pattern from the west. I continue to eye the Solstice for a glimmer of hope.
This morning, you'll be skiing and riding coral and breakable crust until things soften with daytime heating. The highest elevations do host a sliver of dry -albeit wind damaged - snow.
There were no new avalanches reported from the backcountry or the ski area yesterday. The Provo mountains did, however, experience a widespread avalanche cycle over the weekend, just in lockstep with the storm. UDOT Provo canyon avalanche workers spotted numerous large natural avalanches from the avalanche cycle (perhaps 1-2 feet deep but up to 1500 feet wide) in the upper reaches of the Cascade ridgeline and on Timpanogos.
