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AVALANCHE ADVISORY
Monday,
March 26, 2007 7:30 am
Good morning, this is Drew Hardesty with
the
Current Conditions:
We have partly cloudy
skies this morning with light west to southwesterly winds. Overnight lows dropped to the low to mid-30’s above 9000’ and the upper 30’s to low 40’s below
that. Conditions are excellent for long
travel in the mountains, though with today’s increasing winds, clouds, and
convective instability, it may not be textbook corn skiing and riding.
Snow and Avalanche Discussion:
Last week’s new snow
instabilities are long gone and folks seem to be on the good early morning
routine for the spring diurnal cycle.
Keep up the good work by being off the overheated slopes as the day
progresses.
Bottom Line for the
The avalanche danger
is generally LOW this morning, and may rise to MODERATE on slopes steeper than about 35 degrees with
daytime heating.
Mountain Weather:
We’ll have increasing
southwesterly winds today and localized thunderstorms with convective
development in the northern and central Wasatch. 8000’ temperatures will rise into the 50’s
with 10k free air temps rising to near 40.
By the afternoon, winds should be blowing 30-35mph increasing to near 50
along the ridgetops late tonight. The
storm moves in tomorrow with heavy snowfall expected through late
Wednesday. We could see storm totals of
up to 2’ in favored locations, with temps dropping into the low teens by late
Tuesday.
Announcements:
The Wasatch Powderbird
Guides were in Cascade and American Fork.
They’ll return today. For
more info, call 742-2800.
Listen to the
advisory. Try our new streaming audio or
podcasts
UDOT highway avalanche control
work info can be found HERE or
by calling (801)
975-4838.
Our
statewide tollfree line is 1-888-999-4019 (early morning, option 8).
For a list of avalanche
classes, click HERE
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We appreciate all the great
snowpack and avalanche observations we’ve been getting, so keep leaving us
messages at (801) 524-5304 or 1-800-662-4140, or email us at [email protected]. (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.
Brett Kobernik will update this advisory by 7:30 on Tuesday morning, and
thanks for calling.