SPECIAL NOTE: HALF OF ALL SKIER/SNOWBOARDER FATALITIES SINCE 99/00 HAVE OCCURRED WITH PEOPLE GOING OUT OF BOUNDS AT A SKI AREA.
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It's starting to get interesting.
In the big picture, a strengthening storm off the California coast along with what the NWS is calling a "very significant and unusual atmospheric river event" will pummel the Golden State with unbelievable amounts of precipitation. We'll see wind, warming temperatures, and an upside down trend in snow densities over the next 48 hours.
Currently in the Wasatch, skies are mostly cloudy to overcast with some areas already reporting light snowfall. Mountain temperatures are in the single digits.
The WINDS ARE THE KEY PLAYER FOR TODAY, however. The southeast to southwest winds have especially picked up in the early hours this morning and are blowing 30-40mph with gusts to 50. The highest elevations have hourly wind speeds of 60mph with gusts to 75. Wind chill there is -27°F.
For today, we'll see light snowfall and moderate to strong southwest winds. The winds may take a breather this afternoon but will only return and redouble their efforts overnight. Higher density snow and strong winds are expected for tomorrow. We may see 6-10" by tomorrow evening. Perhaps more in areas favored by a southwest flow.
Ski area avalanche teams triggered a few shallow wind drifts from the bump in southeast winds yesterday, but we didn't hear of any avalanches from the backcountry.
New reports from Monday - Both avalanches triggered by people leaving a ski area.
A skier on Rocky Point in the Alta/Brighton backcountry triggered a soft slab avalanche that looked to be perhaps 2' deep and 35' wide. He managed to outrun the slide and was not caught. It does sound like a possible close call from Monday in the Hidden Canyon area (backcountry) adjacent to Brighton. This human triggered slide pulled out 1.5-3' deep and 150' wide on a very steep north facing path at 10,000'.
Special Public Announcement: IF you trigger an avalanche near one of the resorts, please call it in to the ski patrol so they don't have to put themselves in harms way to conduct a meaningless rescue.
As always, you can find all observations and recent avalanches
HERE. 
