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Forecast for the Uintas Area Mountains

Mark Staples
Issued by Mark Staples on
Friday morning, April 8, 2022
Today the avalanche danger is LOW meaning that human-triggered avalanches are unlikely, but watch for unstable snow on isolated terrain features. There could be a few, shallow, slabs of wind drifted snow that may cause a small slide.
Expect a noticeable change in the weather pattern starting this weekend with much colder temperatures by Sunday and a decent chance for snow next week.
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Weather and Snow
NOWCAST-
This morning temperatures range from 28-30 degrees F with winds from the northwest averaging 15 mph at upper elevations. Clear skies and temperatures just below freezing allowed the snow to refreeze overnight.
FORECAST-
Today will be especially warm with high temperatures climbing into the mid 40s F, and winds will remain light.
FUTURECAST-
A few high clouds may arrive late today and winds should pick up a little from the southwest ahead of a cold front arriving Saturday. A few snowflakes may fall tomorrow with no accumulations. Overall temperatures begin dropping tomorrow and will be in the teens F by Sunday. Most of next week should be cold with a good chance for snow Tues/Wed (maybe 10-20 inches).
SNOW early this week (6-8 inches) gave a nice refresh to the snow surface as Ted found in Whitney Basin yesterday. On south-facing slopes, it has been through two melt/freeze cycles and should be "corn-ish" snow this morning as it warms and melts. The snow on north-facing slopes became damp yesterday and should have an ice crust on top this morning that will soften as it melts.
Trip reports and snowpack observations are found HERE.
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Avalanche Problem #1
Wind Drifted Snow
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A little bit of new snow and a little bit of wind in the middle of the week created a few slabs of wind drifted snow that could avalanche today. These wind slabs are isolated. On Notch Mountain yesterday, Nikki and I found very few of these, and most seemed glued in place from warm temperatures.
Still, I'd be looking for them and assessing their stability if going into terrain where a small slide could have big consequences by knocking me off my feet.
The photo below of Notch Mountain shows lots of wind scouring and little wind deposition.
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General Announcements
The information in this forecast expires 24 hours after the day and time posted, but will be updated by 07:00 Saturday, April 9th.
Before it gets too crazy, now is the time to book an avalanche awareness presentation for your group, club, or posse. You can reach me directly at 801-231-2170 or [email protected]
This forecast is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This forecast describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.
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