US Forest Service Manti-La Sal National Forest

 

Good morning, this Dave Medara with the USFS Manti-La Sal Avalanche Center with your avalanche and mountain weather advisory for the Wasatch Plateau/Manti Skyline Region, including, but not limited to Ephraim, Huntington and Fairview Canyons.  This advisory is brought to you through a partnership of Utah State Parks and the USFS.  Today is Sunday, March 31st, 2007 at 7:00 a.m.    

             

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General Conditions:

               8-12”of new snow this week will help with the snow conditions out there today on the Skyline. Expect some of the slopes that got warm yesterday to be pretty 
crusty to start but the cooler temperatures will leave a little powder for the powder hounds this weekend on shadier aspects. As always, when things get warm and sloppy 
this afternoon, stay off the steeps. Another small shot of snow is possible Monday.  Even with this new snow we are only at about 40% of normal for the season on the Wasatch Plateau. At least we’re ending well…
 

Mountain Weather:

Today: Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs at 8000 feet in the mid 40s.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Lows at 8000 feet around 30.
Sunday: Partly sunny. Highs at 8000 feet in the upper 40s.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Lows at 8000 feet in the upper 20s.
Monday: Windy. A chance of snow in the morning...then a chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Colder. Highs at 8000 feet in the mid 30s. West winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.
Monday Night: Mostly clear. Lows at 8000 feet near 20.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Weather Station/ Location

Snow Depth (HS):  in./cm

New Snow (HN) in./cm

7:00 a.m. Temp (F)

Current Observations:  Wind, 48 hour snow

Mammoth/Cottonwood SNOTEL (8,800’):

25.6

12” (wed  - thurs)

20.2

8-12” new

Seeley Creek SNOTEL (10,000’):

17.3

12” (wed-thurs)

27

15 mph WNW Gust 20

Candland Peak

37”

8”   (wed-thurs)

19.6

15 mph WSW Gust 23

Miller Flat Trailhead: 

32”

0” 

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Pulled for season. Where’s our total stake?

 

Avalanche Conditions: (Click here for the International Avalanche Danger Scale)

            Expect things to be a little snowier when you drive up to the Skyline this morning than you’ve seen them in a while. Avalanche conditions have been stabilizing with the spring melt-freeze cycles and the new snow seems to have bonded well with the underlying crusty surfaces. There are going to be some areas of wind drifted snow and cornices on SE through NE facing downwind slopes where a human triggered avalanche will still be possible in the new snow. We are calling the avalanche danger MODERATE in these areas of wind deposited snow. In other areas, especially the sunny aspects, the danger will start off LOW then rise to MODERATE with daytime warming.  This will be the final avalanche advisory for the 2006 -2007 season. We’ll see you next year.