Skaði Has Blessed us With More Glorious Pow

 TL;DR:

The big one Has finally hit. Between 20-30 inches in the Wasatch. Should tapper out by Thursday morning.

Nowcast: 

The storm is here and it has already brought a heathy amount of snow to our mountains. Alta is reporting 19 inches since the start of the storm and Solitude is reporting a whopping 28 inches. Both canyons can expect around more 10 inches to fall throughout the day. Unfortunately, Little Cottonwood is closed right now for avalanche mitigation work with no word when it will open. Big Cottonwood is still open but road conditions are less then ideal. If you are planning on going up today, be careful driving up, You cand enjoy the pow if you never make it. 

Sugar Loaf Peak, Alta

Short Term:

This storm will mostly move out by Thursday morning, but there will be some lingering snow in the mountains that could bring up to 5-10 more inches over the next few days. Over the weekend the atmosphere will remain moist leading to more overcast skies. It will remain below freezing so the powder should stick around for the weekend. 

Time height graph showing relative humidity at different pressure levels in the atmosphere near Alta.

Long Term:

Next week will continue to be active. It looks like another storm might be coming our way Monday and Tuesday. Its hard right now to forecast snow totals, but I would not be surprised if the mountains saw another foot of snow from this system. Temperatures next week look to be hovering around freezing with more overcast skies and more unsettled weather.