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Skies are partly cloudy.
Warm air aloft continues to stream in along with increasing southwest winds. All eyes are on the weekend storm.
Winds from the southwest are blowing 15-20mph with gusts to 25. 11k anemometers are spinning 25-30mph with gusts to 40. Mountain temperatures are in the low 30s.
Riding conditions will keep you honest with morning zipper crusts on the solar aspects and endless wind whales of snow without form or pattern. (Tremper photo below)
For today, we'll have partly cloudy skies with mountain temperatures rapidly rising to the mid-30s up high, the mid-40s down low. And this may be underdone. Winds will blow from the southwest and only increase as the day wears on. I expect to see 30-35mph wind speeds with gusts to 50mph by the afternoon. A large scale, slow, churning Pacific storm will move into the state tomorrow and last through Monday. Light to moderate precipitation will begin tomorrow, preferentially favoring the Ogden and Logan area mountains with an initial rain/snow line of up to 8000' in the central Wasatch and a bit lower to the north. Winds will be strong from the southwest. A sharp cold front crashes through Saturday afternoon, dropping snow to the valleys. Pulses of heavy snow can be expected through late Sunday with showers possibly continuing through late Monday. 15-30" of snow isn't out of the question with - again - the Logan and Ogden areas favored. Snow-transporting-winds will be a factor through late Sunday.
Another storm possible for Wednesday night.
With clearing, observers noted interesting wind-driven natural avalanches from Tuesday in upper east facing Miller Hill of American Fork and Trent spotted another one failing on an older weak layer in the mid-elevations near Forest Lake of AF.
