December Outlook

Look for warmer than normal temperatures for all of Utah with near normal precipitation.

Strong downslope/gap winds!

See the below image for WRF model projected winds for Friday at 2am. Local areas focused around Centerville/Famington are forecasted to see steady winds of 45-55 mph with gusts up to 70+ mph!

Slow moving storm - Heavy snow for southern Utah!

See the below image for model projected snow fall between 5pm Wednesday and 5pm Friday. Look for a general 2-5" of snow for the northern Utah mountains, 8-20"+ for the southern Utah mountains.

Two storms

The first small storm was today, a second and bigger storm moves into northern Utah early on Saturday morning, mostly ending by midnight. Plan on a general 8-14" of snow for the northern Wasatch Front mountains above 7,000 ft, 6-12" for the central Wasatch, 4-8" for the southern Wasatch mountains. Look for 1-4" valley/bench snow for the northern Wasatch, 1/2-2" for the central Wasatch, trace-1" for the southern Wasatch.

Below is the WRF model projected snow fall for the small Friday storm and the bigger Saturday storm.

Snow covers just the higher mountains of Utah

October Climatic Summary

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/climate/CLM/October2013_Climatic_Summary.pdf