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A huge thanks to all who attended our event last night at Level Crossing Brewing Company on the "Science of Beer and Snow". I was excited to talk about our season-long PWL issues and also hear about the chemistry of brewing beer - they each involve water! The UAC is grateful and proud to be part of this community.
This Morning: Skies are partly cloudy and temperatures are 12° - 20° F. Winds are from the north/northeast and light, less than 10 mph, with gusts up to 15 mph at the highest elevations. Another 1-3" of new snow fell overnight, with 24-hour snow totals of 8-12" containing 0.25-0.5" of water. 18-36" of snow has fallen since April 1.
Today: Partly sunny skies this morning, with partly cloudy conditions this afternoon and a stray snow shower. Temperatures will rise into the low to mid 30's F. Winds will be from the northeast and increase slightly this afternoon, with gusts in the 20's mph at the upper elevations.
Extended Forecast: The unsettled weather from this past week will drift to our east today, with sunshine and warming temperatures arriving this weekend.
Heavy snowfall yesterday afternoon in the upper Cottonwoods - with rates of 3-4" of snow per hour - with human-triggered avalanches and a natural avalanche cycle during the afternoon. Avalanche activity involved sluffing and shallow, soft slabs running within the storm snow. Dave Kelly was in
Cardiff Fork on Thursday, and his photo below shows the type of natural avalanche activity that occurred during heavy snowfall.
It has been a snowy week, and Nikki describes it in more detail in the
Week in Review.
