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Good Morning. This is Evelyn Lees with the
Current Conditions:
While we’re waiting for Old
Man Winter to reappear, we have gone to daily afternoon updates on the phone
lines and internet.
Under partly cloudy skies,
ridge top winds are light and variable, generally less than 10 mph. Temperatures dropped into the low to mid
20’s last night after yesterday’s highs in the mid to upper 30’s.
The recent warm and sunny
weather has melted most of the snow off southerly and westerly facing
slopes. On the shady northwest, north
and northeast facing slopes above about 9,000’ there are pa
Avalanche Conditions:
There are almost no avalanche
problems at this time. However, it is
possible to start shallow, loose snow sluffs on steep shady slopes which might
knock you off your feet for a rough ride.
These same areas, where there is lots of loose sugar snow, will be very
dangerous when a storm finally arrives.
Until then, practice with your avalanche beacon; when the weather
changes it is going to be scary out there.
Bottom Line (SLC,
The avalanche danger is
generally LOW today.
Mountain Weather:
A ridge of high pressure
continues to dominate our weather pattern with a series of weak lows forecast
to roll under the ridge this week. The
first, passing to our south today, will produce some mid and high level clouds
this morning, but by afternoon skies should be mostly sunny. Dry and sunny on Sunday and
Monday. Then two more weak
systems will move into the area Monday and Tuesday nights. Unless we get a direct hit from one of these
small systems, the most we can expect is clouds and a slight cooling of
temperatures.
For today, temperatures will
rise into the mid thirties at 8,000 feet and mid 20’s at 10,000. The northerly winds will be very light over
the ridges, less than 10 mph. Expect overnight
lows in the teens and highs Sunday in the thirties.
General Information:
A great Christmas present for
someone you love is an avalanche beacon.
To help you decide which one to buy, we have posted a couple recent tests
of various brands of avalanche beacons on the web. Point your browser to www.avalanche.org and click on Salt Lake,
then on Education. At the same location,
you can find a complete list of avalanche talks and multi-day classes.
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.
Bruce Tremper will update this advisory on Sunday.
Thanks for calling!
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National Weather Service - Salt
Lake City - Snow.
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