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Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik for
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Wind will be drifting snow along the higher ridges today and loading slopes that face northwest through southeast. There is a CONSIDERABLE avalanche danger in these locations. Otherwise, the avalanche danger is generally MODERATE. If you stay away from the upper elevation slopes where wind drifted snow is getting deposited, you'll most likely stay safe.
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Avalanche Watch
The Utah Avalanche Center has issued an Avalanche Watch for all the mountains of northern and central Utah, including the Bear River and Wasatch Range, the western Uintas, and the Manti Skyline. Strong winds and heavy dense snow, with rain-on-snow at lower elevations will create dangerous avalanche conditions. Natural and human-triggered avalanches will be likely by later Wednesday and into Thursday morning. This watch is expected to be elevated to a WARNING by Thursday morning.
Weather and Snow
Wind will be the biggest factor today. Southwest winds have increased over the last few hours and will remain strong for today.
A significant storm will move in tonight brining periods of snow into Sunday. The first half of the storm starts out warm and windy from the southwest. The rain/snow level will be up around 7500' or perhaps a bit higher. Rain on snow could cause some avalanche problems in lower elevations. We could see 6 to 10 inches of snow in the high country by Thursday.
Colder air moves in late Friday and the wind veers to the northwest and we should see periods of snow continue into Sunday. All together I'm anticipating 1.5 to 2 inches of water weight with this prolonged storm. This should translate to 16 to 24 inches of snow.
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