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Parks and Recreation, The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center, Utah Department
of Emergency Services and Homeland Security and
AVALANCHE ADVISORY
Friday,
February 17, 2006 7:30am
Good morning, this is Brett Kobernik with
the
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Current Conditions:
Winds picked up somewhat last night
blowing in the 15 to 20 mph range with gusts into the 30s along the ridgetops
from the southwest. They now show signs
of slowing and should continue this trend through out the day. Temperatures remain cold in the single digits
at most locations. The new snow from
Wednesday was slightly inverted in density.
Avalanche Conditions:
The newest snow produced some avalanche
activity on Thursday. Control work in
the
For today the main concern will be any fresh
drifts that may have formed along the higher ridges from last nights
winds. The instability within the newest
snow should settle out but with the addition of any wind blown snow there is a
chance you could trigger an avalanche.
With continued cold temperatures, sluffing may still be an issue today
as well.
Bottom Line:
A MODERATE danger exists on steep upper
elevation terrain with recent deposits of wind drifted snow. Human triggered slab avalanches are
possible. These will be more dangerous
in the
Mountain Weather:
For today
we’ll see mostly cloudy skies. Ridgetop
temperatures will remain around 10 degrees or less. Ridgetop winds will start out in the 10 mph
range from the southwest and decrease as the day goes on. A low pressure system will move into
Announcements:
Click here to check out our new online avalanche
encyclopedia.
Early birds and snow
geeks can catch our 6AM report at 364-1591.
Click HERE for a text only version of the avalanche advisory.
To
have this advisory automatically e-mailed to you each day, click HERE.
UDOT also has a highway avalanche control work
hotline for Big Cottonwood, Little Cottonwood, and
Wasatch
Powderbird Guides flew in
Please
report any backcountry snow and avalanche conditions. Call (801) 524-5304 or 1-800-662-4140, email [email protected] or fax 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.
I will update
this advisory by 7:30 Saturday morning. Thanks for calling.