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Good morning, this is Tom
Kimbrough with the
Current Conditions:
Temperatures remained above
freezing at most mountain locations overnight.
Although some mountain valley bottoms cooled to about 30 degrees, on the
slopes temperatures are in the upper thirties and lower forties. Skies were mostly clear for much of the night
so the snow pack has probably set up a little in most places but crusts will be
thin and will soften quickly. Winds are
light from the southwest.
We are doing an early morning
corn report on the (801) 364-1581 line by
Avalanche Conditions:
Without a solid overnight
freeze, the snow pack will quickly lose strength and the danger of human
triggered and natural wet surface slides will rise rapidly this morning. If you haven’t worked on your taxes yet, this
is the day to do it. On Tuesday, a person
was on a steep east facing slope at Solitude too late in the day and triggered
a loose wet
snow slide at about
If you have already finished
your taxes and your boss doesn’t want to see your face today and you feel you really need to head into the
backcountry, go early, don’t spend time underneath steep slopes and don’t stay out
long.
Bottom Line:
The avalanche danger is MODERATE
on all steep snow covered slopes this morning.
The danger will increase to CONSIDERABLE by late
morning. Human triggered avalanches are
likely and natural avalanches possible.
There is a danger of very large full depth avalanches releasing
naturally, especially in very steep rocky terrain. While this danger increases with rising
temperatures, it is not limited to the warmer parts of day.
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Mountain Weather:
Yesterday
winds shifted to the southwest, heralding a change in the weather pattern. Warm air has moved in overnight, ahead of a
couple of weak disturbances that will affect our weather over the weekend. Skies will be partly cloudy today with a
slight chance of a mountain shower this afternoon. Highs today will be in the fifties at 8,000
feet and in the forties at 10,000. Winds
will be light from the southwest. A weak
cold front will arrive Saturday morning with a few inches of new snow in the
mountains. The rest of the weekend will
continue unsettled with colder temperatures and occasional snow showers. High pressure returns for Monday and Tuesday.
General Information:
Wasatch
Powderbird Guides are done for the season.
To
report backcountry snow and avalanche conditions, especially if you observe or
trigger an avalanche, you can leave a message at (801) 524-5304 or
1-800-662-4140. We have a new avalanche and backcountry observation page that we’d like
to encourage folks to try out. It can be found on our home website at avalanche.org. You can also fax an observation to
801-524-6301.
The
information in this advisory is from the U.S. Forest Service, which is solely
responsible for its content. This
advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.
Evelyn
Lees will update this advisory by
Thanks for calling!
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more detailed weather information go to our Mountain Weather Advisory
National
Weather Service - Salt Lake City - Snow.
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