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Tuesday, November 01, 2005
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Avalanche Discussion:
Well, this is it, the first avalanche advisory of the season. Last weekend’s storm gave us a foot of snow
above 9,000 feet in the Cottonwood Canyons and up to three feet of new snow in
the upper elevation of the Provo area mountains. Since it’s the first snow of the season it’s
staying in place fairly well because it’s anchored by rocks and bushes. So, like they say, the first one’s free,
kid. Any storm after this will add snow
that will slide much more easily on the present snow surface.
Mountain Weather:
Speaking of which, it looks like we will get some scattered snow showers on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Right
now, it does not look like it will add up to enough to be much of an avalanche
problem and snow amounts should add up to six inches by Saturday—possibly as
much as a foot if we’re lucky. In the
mean time, we should have increasing clouds on Wednesday with 8,000’
temperatures around 50 degrees and overnight lows in the mid 30’s. Ridge top winds will be from the southwest
15-20 mph.
You can also check
out the National Weather Service web site for other weather forecasting products
(http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/).
Click
HERE for a season history chart by month.
Don’t forget to put fresh batteries in your beacon and do some practice
sessions in the back yard.
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Home page is: http://www.utahavalanchecenter.com
We will update this forecast again on Thursday or
Friday.