Our last regular forecast is Sunday, April 17th. Intermittent forecasts will be issued through April based upon weather conditions which affect avalanche danger.
A weak storm has produced at most a trace in the Provo mountains. The Salt Lake mountains have picked up 1-3". The Ogden area mountains have already picked up 5-7" (0.60"SWE). We should see perhaps another trace to an inch or two at most this morning before precipitation turns more showery in the mid to late morning hours. Temperatures are in the upper 20s and just below freezing in the basins and trailheads. Winds are from the west-southwest, blowing15-20mph with gusts to 35. The highest elevations have gusts to 50.
Whatever pans out for this current system will add to the mid week snowfall - numbers below.
Upper Cottonwoods: 20-24" (1.38"-1.70" SWE) *snow-water-equivalent
Park City ridgeline: 12-24" (1-2.0" SWE): higher amounts along the northern end of the PC ridge
Ogden mountains: 20-26" (1.64" SWE)
Provo mountains: 6-10"(0.6" SWE)
Skies will transition from obscured to overcast to eventually partly cloudy by mid/late afternoon. Winds will be west-southwesterly, blowing 15mph with gusts to 25. Higher wind speeds are expected north of I-80. Temperatures will be in the mid-20s up high, the mid-30s down low. Another storm arrives later tomorrow with more wind and less snow. The long term forecast looks classic spring - whiplashing temperatures and occasional periods of wind and snow.
None repored in the Provo mountains. Ski area teams in the central Wasatch triggered shallow wind slabs in the upper elevations.
