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SledsWest
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Sounds like a good snow dump is on its way. I hope they're right! Watch the avy conditions though, the wind this last week has created some nasty slide traps.
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsig...leasant+UT&product1=Special+Weather+Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
523 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012
UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-262300-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
523 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012
...POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO MOVE THROUGH UTAH EARLY THIS WEEK...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE SIERRAS EARLY MONDAY.
THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL TURN EAST AND BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION
TO UTAH MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE MILD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THESE SAME SOUTH WINDS WILL DRAW MOISTURE NORTH THROUGH
THE STATE...LEADING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL UTAH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AREAS OF SNOW...WITH RAIN NEAR THE ARIZONA BORDER...WILL EXPAND
QUICKLY AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH MONDAY
EVENING. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...
WITH ADJACENT HIGHER VALLEYS ALSO RECEIVING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL.
SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF UTAH AS THE
CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE TRACKS EAST INTO AND THROUGH THE STATE
LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.
ALL MOUNTAIN AREAS OF UTAH WILL BE IN A POSITION TO RECEIVE PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH THIS STORM THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.
MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY THOSE HIGHER VALLEYS ADJACENT
TO THE MOUNTAINS...COULD ALSO RECEIVE SUBSTANTIAL SNOWFALL AS THE
STORM PASSES THROUGH THE STATE.
THIS STORM SYSTEM DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES
THROUGH THE UTAH. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER
UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
$$
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsig...leasant+UT&product1=Special+Weather+Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
523 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012
UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-262300-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
523 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012
...POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO MOVE THROUGH UTAH EARLY THIS WEEK...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE SIERRAS EARLY MONDAY.
THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL TURN EAST AND BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION
TO UTAH MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE MILD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THESE SAME SOUTH WINDS WILL DRAW MOISTURE NORTH THROUGH
THE STATE...LEADING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL UTAH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.
AREAS OF SNOW...WITH RAIN NEAR THE ARIZONA BORDER...WILL EXPAND
QUICKLY AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH MONDAY
EVENING. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...
WITH ADJACENT HIGHER VALLEYS ALSO RECEIVING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL.
SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF UTAH AS THE
CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE TRACKS EAST INTO AND THROUGH THE STATE
LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.
ALL MOUNTAIN AREAS OF UTAH WILL BE IN A POSITION TO RECEIVE PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH THIS STORM THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.
MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY THOSE HIGHER VALLEYS ADJACENT
TO THE MOUNTAINS...COULD ALSO RECEIVE SUBSTANTIAL SNOWFALL AS THE
STORM PASSES THROUGH THE STATE.
THIS STORM SYSTEM DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES
THROUGH THE UTAH. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER
UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
$$
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX
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