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Good morning, this is Bruce
Tremper with the
Current Conditions:
I’m feeling like the Maytag
repairman down here. No avalanches,
little snow, no weather and not even one person left a message on the phone or
e-mailed or faxed us about the conditions yesterday. The most exciting thing was the Leonid Meteor
Shower, which peaked last night at
Avalanche Conditions:
Conditions like this tend to
concentrate people into the same kinds of places, namely upper elevation,
sheltered and shaded slopes without too many old tracks, which did not
avalanche in the very active avalanche cycle a little over a week ago. These are exactly the same kinds of slopes
where you have the best chance of triggering an avalanche on the old, weak,
faceted snow left over from October.
Bottom Line (SLC and
Although avalanche activity
has dramatically decreased in recent days on these kinds of high elevation,
sheltered, shaded slopes, remember that there’s still localized places where
you might still trigger an avalanche, which we would call MODERATE danger. These will be slopes that face northwest,
north and northeast, above about 9,000’ steeper than 35 degrees. You will also find a MODERATE danger on steep slopes with recent
deposits of wind drifted snow. These
wind slabs will be mostly hard and sound hollow like a drum. On other slopes (which includes about 90
percent of most mountain slopes) the avalanche danger is generally LOW
Logan and Ogden area mountains:
Mostly LOW danger except MODERATE danger on steep slopes
with recent wind drifts.
Mountain Weather:
The most notable thing about
the weather forecast is the lack of weather. Looking into the computer screen oracle, I see
no chance of significant snow as far as the computer models can see, which is into the first week of December. But taking one day at a time, today should
have variable high clouds with ridge top winds from the northwest at 10-15 mph
and ridge top temperatures rising up to around 30 degrees. 8,000’ highs should be 35-40 with over night
lows around 15 degrees. Wednesday
through Friday, we should see clear skies and warm temperatures. There’s a brush-by from some moisture to the
north of us on Saturday, which should give us a few clouds but otherwise, it
should be nice weather for catching up on your office work (which includes our
staff).
General Information:
For a complete list of
evening talks and multi-day classes, visit www.avalanche.org
and click on
Craig Gordon will be giving
an avalanche talk at Utah Valley State College on Wednesday night at
To report backcountry snow
and avalanche conditions, especially if you observe or trigger an avalanche,
call (801) 524-5304 or 1-800-662-4140, or email to [email protected] or fax 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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Weather Service - Salt Lake City - Snow.
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