This Morning: Temperatures remain mild for mid-December, in the mid to upper 30's °F, with lower-elevation trailheads in the 20's °F where colder air sinks. Winds are blowing from the west and are light, less than 20 mph, with partly cloudy skies.
Today: Our unusual December weather continues, with temperatures rising into the 40's °F. Clearing skies this morning with clouds increasing during the afternoon. Winds will be from the west/northwest and light, gusting near 20 mph along the highest ridges, with increasing winds later this afternoon.
This Week: Active weather will return on Wednesday, with possibly 2-4 inches of warm, dense snow by Thursday morning. After a short break late this week, another warm storm is forecast for the weekend.
There is one to two feet of snow on northerly slopes, with south-facing slopes holding on to scraps of snow. The snowpack is supportable and travel is decent despite the thin snowpack. The photo below shows the headwall on Ben Lomond, one of the snowier regions in the Ogden-area mountains.
Although no avalanches have been reported from the backcountry in a week, we continue to receive excellent observations on the current snowpack.
