Avalanche Awareness Week starts December 1! Events are happening daily across the state to prepare you for winter and get you thinking about avalanche safety.

Find out about all our events HERE. And don't forget the Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop is Saturday, December 6, with in-person and virtual options!

This morning, mountain temperatures range from the low to mid 20s F after 1-2" of snow fell in the Provo area mountains yesterday. Winds shifted from the NW to the E/NE overnight.

Today, there's a possibility of some light snowfall in the morning before the NW flow leaves us dry. As an outlier, there’s some chance ridgetop winds will increase out of the East/Northeast and start to drift snow along the higher ridgelines. Note that—if this occurs—this will result in unusual loading patterns where north to westerly facing slopes may be drifted with unstable snow. As of 6:30am, easterly winds picked up more than 10mph since I started writing.

By early Friday, a warmer and wetter pattern starts moving in as a strong, upper-level jet associated with an atmospheric river makes its way towards Northern Utah. There is still uncertainty about how far south the bulk of this moisture can reach, as models continue to disagree on how much snow we'll be getting in the Southern Wasatch. BUT there's a chance of some heavy snowfall late Friday through the weekend—cross your fingers and check back tomorrow.