December Outlook

Plan on above normal temperatures for all of Utah in December with above normal precipitation for southern 2/3rds of the state.

Another weak storm (8)

A weak cold font will move into northern Utah on Saturday night and stall near the point of the mountain by mid morning on Sunday, the front then retreats back to the north as a warm front on Sunday afternoon/night. Plan on a general 1-5" of snow for the central/northern Wasatch and Uinta mountains above 8,000 ft. Click on the below map for WRF model forecasted snow for this storm.

Weak storm (7)

A weak storm (warm front) is expected to spread mountain snow into northern Utah on Tuesday morning as early as 5am and continue through as late as 1am Wednesday. FYI, This type of over running (warm front) situation is prone to riming. Plan on a general 1-3" of snow for the central/southern Wasatch and Uinta mountains above 8,000 ft with 4-8" for the northern Wasatch/Bear River Mountains, most snow falling over the Bear River Mountains. Click on the below map for WRF model forecasted snow through 5pm Thursday.

A little snow in the mountains

Good winter storm (5/6)

A warm front is expected to spread valley rain and mountain snow into northern Utah on Saturday morning ahead of a cold front that moves through in the afternoon that will change the valley rain to snow, continued lighter snow showers on Saturday night at times mainly over the mountains. Plan on a general break in the snow on Sunday for most areas except south and east of the Great Salt Lake where lake effect is projected to set up. A second round of snow is anticipated to move in on Sunday night and continue into the morning hours on Monday, most snow on Monday will again mainly fall in areas south and east of the Great Salt Lake and over the mountains in areas that do well in a northwest flow. Plan on a general 10-20" of snow for most northern/central Utah mountains above 8,000 ft, 18-28" for the Cottonwoods. In the valleys look for a general tr-2", 2-5" benches and in areas that see lake effect. Below is the WRF model forecasted snow for this storm. Enjoy!

Finally some real snow for the mountains! (3/4)

A warm front is expected to move through mainly northern Utah on Thursday with valley snow changing to rain, snow on the mountains. Plan on continued showers at times on Friday focused over the mountains ahead of a cold front that is projected to move through the entire state late Friday night and through the day on Saturday with valley rain changing back to snow. Below is the model forecasted snow through 5PM Saturday. Plan on a general 10-20" of snow for the northern/central Utah mountains above 8,000 ft by 5PM on Saturday, local 24"+ possible!

Windy, cold, very little snow (2)

A strong cold front will move through the state on Monday bringing mainly wind and cold temperatures, tr-3" of snow for the northern Utah mountains. Below is the model forecast snow for this small snow producing storm.

October 2014 Climatic Summary

Click on the below link
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/climate/CLM/October2014_Climatic_Summary.pdf

Windy!

HRRR model forecasted winds gusts for 2pm today. Most areas in Utah will likely see 35+ mph wind gusts, local 65+ mph winds possible!