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The Tony Grove Snotel at 8400' reports 84 inches of total snow, with 3 inches of new snow overnight, and 14 inches with 1.4" SWE from this week's stormy weather, and it's 25ºF this morning. I'm reading 19ºF at the 9700' CSI Logan Peak weather station, and northwest winds are averaging around 14 mph. It stayed above freezing and rained a bit last night in Cache Valley, so avalanches of wet snow are possible today in areas where snow remains at lower elevations. The danger of wet loose avalanches will increase rapidly today in sunny terrain when the strong April sun peeks out from under the clouds.
High pressure will bring tranquil weather Saturday. Mountain snow and valley rain chances return early next week as a cold front moves across the state.
There is a 40% chance of continuing snow showers this morning, with little in the way of accumulation. It will be partly sunny today, with high temperatures at 8500' expected to be around 36ºF, with 14 to 17 mph west winds. It will be mostly cloudy tonight, with low temperatures around 27ºF, and 16 to 22 mph west-southwest winds. Snow showers are likely tomorrow, with 2 to 4 inches possible. High temperatures of around 36ºF are expected, with southwest wind 22 to 25 mph, gusting into the 40s.
The sun popped out for a few short periods yesterday morning and we noticed a few natural wet loose avalanches at upper elevations on east and southeast facing slopes in the Tony Grove Area in the afternoon.
3 new wet loose avalanches entraining a few inches of saturated fresh snow were apparent on the east side of Mt. Magog in the afternoon, 4/12/19.
Despite poor visibility, we could see some minor natural activity in the Wellsville Range this week, with one fairly sizable new avalanche noted in North Shumway Canyon.
4/10/19 natural avalanche in North Shumway Canyon in the Wellsville Mountain Wilderness.
Numerous fairly large natural wet loose and a few wet slab avalanches occurred late last week across the Logan Zone. Wet loose and wet slab avalanches occurred with daytime solar warming.