Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Rollercoaster ride

 TL;DR:

Today will be sunny and warmer, tomorrow will be cloudier but still warm, and the weekend will bring snow.

  Nowcast:

We're on a temperature rollercoaster right now! Temps took a plunge yesterday, but are now steadily increasing, as evidenced by the Hidden Peak temperature graph:

Hidden Peak temps, courtesy of the National Weather Service

They will continue to do so today under sunny skies; expect summit high temps in the mid-20s °F.

 Short-term:

Tomorrow will feature even warmer temperatures (think summit high temps around 30 °F) but cloudier skies.

 Long-term:

The rollercoaster starts its exciting descent this weekend as cold temps and storminess are in the forecast. Right now, models have snow starting Saturday morning and continuing through Sunday evening; it's looking like an 10-16" storm at the moment, but we are still a couple days out and model variability exists...as it always does :). Make sure to check back here at Utah Ski Weather over the next couple of days as we fine-tune the totals...


Have fun skiing the resorts, or if you choose to venture into the backcountry, make sure you have proper training and equipment and know before you go. For the avalanche forecast and other avy-related resources, visit utahavalanchecenter.org.

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