April Outlook

Plan on near normal temperatures and precipitation for the entire state in April.

Winter returns for a few days (23)

We finally have a spring storm that will bring snow (valley rain with snow mixed in as low as 4,800 ft by Tuesday evening) back to the mountains of northern and central Utah on Monday and continue at times into Tuesday night. Plan on a general 3-7" of snow mostly above 7,000 ft with local 8-12". Click on the below map for WRF model forecasted snow through 6am Wednesday.

Dismal snow cover for March 20th!

Small storm (22)

A small storm is expected to spread scattered valley rain and mountain snow showers into Utah on Wednesday night, continuing through the daylight hours on Thursday with snow mixed in as low as 6,000 ft. Look for a general tr-1" of snow above 7,000 ft with local 2-4" above 10,000 ft mainly in the Uinta's. Below is the WRF model forecasted snow through 6am Saturday.

Satellite picture showing the current snow cover

Third and final storm in the series (21)

The second storm over Utah will continue today and finally pull out of the state during the evening hours, the third and final storm in the series is expected to move in before sunrise and Tuesday and continue into Tuesday evening. This third storm will bring in much colder air and a good northwest flow which is always good for most areas of the Wasatch. Plan on a general 8-15" (local 16-22") of snow for the northern/central Utah mountains above 7,000 ft, 3-8" for the mountain valleys, 2-7" for the benches, and trace-2" for the valleys. Click on the below map for WRF model forecasted snow between 5am Monday and 5am Thursday.

Snow Water Equivalent % of Normal

February 2015 Climatic Summary

Click on the below link
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/climate/CLM/February2015_Climatic_Summary.pdf

Warmest and least snowy winter on record for SLC!

Winter 2014-2105 (December 1st-February 28) will go down as the warmest and least snowy on record for Salt Lake City and much of the state. Click on the below map for December 1st-February 28th temperature anomaly.

Second of three storms. (20)

The second of the three storms moves into Utah on Friday night and is anticipated to continue through Monday night with most of the rain/snow staying in central/southern Utah, third storm on Tuesday not looking as promising as yesterday. Plan on a general 2-6" (local 7-10") for the central/southern valleys above 4,500 ft with 8-18" (local 18-24") for the mountains above 8,000 ft. In northern Utah look for tr-1" valley snow mainly for areas south of the point of the mountain, a general 4-10" for the Wasatch mountains south of I-80 and the Uinta's. Click on the map below is the WRF model forecasted snow between 5pm Friday and 5pm Monday.