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Nowcast- Last night's lackluster storm got confused sorting out daylight savings time, though it did muster up enough energy to deliver a couple inches of snow and just about .20" H2O across the range. At o'dark thirty, light snow falls under a veil of moth eaten clouds while temperatures register in the mid to upper teens. Near the high peaks, southerly winds blew in the 20's and 30's for most of Saturday, but shifted to the west and northwest, decreasing into the teens right at the turn of the new day.
Forecast- Look for scattered snow showers continuing through the morning, however I don't think there's too much to get excited about, perhaps just another inch or two. Temperatures climb into the mid and upper 20's, but crash into the low teens tonight as cold air filters into the area. West and northwest winds should remain rather well-behaved, blowing 10-20 mph near the high peaks.
Futurecast- A break in the action for Monday, with a mostly dry, yet cold system sliding into the area for midweek.
Ted Scroggin, our main man who knows the Uinta's like no other, was out and about on the tail end of last weeks storm and notes... "A short walk around the
Mirror Lake and Bald Mt. area to look at conditions. The recent storm left about 6-10" depending on elevation and this new snow was falling on a few inches from the mid October storm. "
Not much much going on for the eastern front. None-the-less... just enough to walk around on with a little structure. However, 10" of settled snow with a low density toppper does little to cover the 4' of boulder fields that make the Uinta's such a curiously, un-intriguing early season destination. Though the Bald Mountain Chamber of Commerce is working hard to change that mindset :)
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