Active weather pattern setting up.

Just for fun take a look (click on image to make bigger) at the 5.4km WRF-GFS model forecasted snow between 5pm Monday the 7th and 5pm Tuesday the 15th. The white areas are 49"+! As of now I'm thinking up to 36" in some of the higher Utah mountain areas by this time next week.

Quick moving storm clips northern Utah (8)

A fast moving storm will clip northern Utah on Monday night as most of the snow and storm energy stays in the northern Rockies. Plan on a general 1/2-2" of snow for the central/northern Wasatch and Uinta mountains with 2-6" of snow for the Logan area mountains. Click on the below map for WRF model forecasted snow for this storm between 5am Monday and 5am Tuesday.

November Climatic Summary

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http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/climate/CLM/November2015_Climatic_Summary.pdf

Current Utah Snow Cover

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A few light snow showers for round 2 (7)

Plan on a few snow showers at times through early Monday morning over parts of Utah with most snow falling over the Uinta mountains. Click on the below map for WRF model forecasted snow between 5am Friday and 5am Monday.

Down slope/canyon winds

Plan on general down slope/canyon winds in the 20-30 g/40 mph (local 40 g/60 mph winds) range to continue overnight into the morning hours on Thursday before they start to decrease some. Click on the attached file for forecasted winds at 2am on Friday.

Two part storm (6)

The first of a two part storm is expected to move into the state on Wednesday with most snow ending by sunrise on Thanksgiving, second part of the storm moves in over the weekend with more snow. Plan on a general 3-6" (local 7-9") for most northern Utah mountains above 7,000 ft with 1-4" for the central and southern Utah mountains. Look for local valley areas (mainly south/west desert and northern Wasatch/Logan) to see a trace-2" of snow. For more details click on the below map for the WRF model forecasted snow between 5pm Tuesday and 5pm Thursday.

Current Utah Snow Cover

December Outlook

Plan on near normal temperatures for all of Utah with near normal precipitation for most areas, above normal for the southeast corner of the state, below normal for the northern Wasatch Front.

More snow, wind. (5)

Look for snow to develop over mainly the central and northern Wasatch mountains on Thursday afternoon and continue into early Friday morning.  Plan on a general 3-6" snow for areas above 7,000 ft, 7-16" in the Logan area mountains. Click on the below image for WRF model forecasted snow for this storm.