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I took it as a sign of the Apocalypse. Pre-frontal southerly winds raged 35-50mph with gusts to 70. A rain/snow line to 8000'. Graupel pellets flew sideways. 2" of snow became 2' drifts. Thunder and lightning at two minutes after 5pm. Whiteout and no visibilty. Snowing 2"/hour as foretold. Perhaps I've been reading too much Cormac McCarthy.

Now, many hours later...it's still snowing, albeit lightly. A cool 1" of precipitation across the range; though how this translates to snow depends loosely upon elevation. Tables for storm snow/water below. Temperatures have fallen to the mid teens to low 20s. Winds are moderate from the west-northwest at most elevations, though the anemometers at 11,000' spin at 40 gusting to 50. They should remain breezy through the morning.

• 6-9"snow/1-1.31"snow-water-equivalent

Skiing and riding conditions should be quite good above 8500', as the graupel and decreasing densities should at once smooth over the rough corrugated surfaces and provide for good floatation. The lower elevations suffered a good rain event with a few inches of insulating snow above, trapping the heat. Expect perhaps punchy and poorly consolidated wet grains below 8000'.

Prudently, few were out and about yesterday. Still, I noted natural cornice-fall triggered shallow wind pockets along the lee of the PC ridgeline in the afternoon. Snow safety teams noted one size 2 natural avalanche in upper Little Cottonwood. No reports of significant activity in the Ogden area mountains.

I'd anticipate some partial clearing to begin by mid-morning. Temperatures will be in the upper teens along the high ridgelines, the low 30s at 8000'. West-northwest winds, while moderate to strong this morning, should diminish through out the course of the day. Expect 10-15mph winds by early afternoon. The next storm dives sharply to the south but we'll see the northern branch of the storm produce some clouds and a few straggler flurries, particularly near the Logan mountains. Continued moisture moves in on a westerly track over the next couple of days before drying out late week. Longer range models suggest unsettled weather moving in through the weekend and into next week.

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This information does not apply to developed ski areas or highways where avalanche control is normally done.  This advisory is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always exist.