NOWCAST-
2-5 inches of snow fell yesterday. This morning, temperatures are in the single digits F at upper elevations, and in the mid-teens F at lower elevations. Winds eased some yesterday but picked up again this morning blowing from the west-southwest 30 mph gusting to 45 mph on the high peaks. At lower elevations, winds are averaging 5-10 mph gusting to 20 mph. With such cold temps, any wind will feel like a lot and will push wind chills well below zero.
FORECAST-
Some snow should fall today under mostly cloudy skies with only an inch or so accumulating. Winds will ease and shift, blowing from the northwest at 15-20 mph. They will also bring more cold air and keep temperatures from warming any today.
FUTURECAST-
Skies will begin clearing either this afternoon or this evening making way for sunshine this weekend. Tonight's low temperatures will drop to zero degrees F and then warm into the 20s F for Saturday and possibly reaching the low 30s F by Sunday. Clouds return Tuesday and some snow should fall Wednesday and Thursday.
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Yesterday
near Wolf Creek Pass, I triggered large collapses with huge shooting cracks on two wind-loaded, north-facing slopes. If they had been any steeper they would have produced avalanches. These shooting cracks and collapses are a huge red flag from the snowpack.
On Wednesday, ace observer Michael Janulaitis triggered a small, wind-loaded slope
above Weber Canyon.
A little to the west, along the Park City and Millcreek ridgeline, similar snow layering exists and large avalanches are breaking in the old, weak, October snow.
Observations, trip reports, and avalanches found
here.