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Under mostly cloudy skies, the mountain temperatures remain cold, with many stations in the single digits and some just climbing into the low to mid-teens °F. Winds now blow from the southwest and picked up in the last few hours, blowing 15-20 mph and gusting into the low 30s across many of the upper elevation ridglines. In the past 24 hrs, we picked up another trace to a couple of inches of new snow, with plenty more on the way.
This morning, the National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 11:00 am this morning to 11:00 am Sunday. As the storm approaches this morning, we will remain under a southwest flow, and it will strengthen throughout the day with southerly winds peaking around 11:00 am at speeds of 15-25 mph, gusting to 45 mph. Snow will develop by mid-morning, favoring locations that do well on a southerly flow. We can expect roughly 2-5 inches of new snow by the dinner hour. Overnight the cold front comes through and will then favor the Upper Cottonwoods. All said and done. We could see 1-2 feet (0.75-1.25" water) of new snow by tomorrow morning.
Yesterday a solid crew had an observation from their tour in Big Springs that you can read
HERE. They also
triggered an avalanche on a wind-exposed ridgeline that was 8 inches deep and 400 feet wide (picture below). Be sure to catch up on all recent observations
HERE.