Wednesday, March 13, 2024

   

TL;DR: Keep it Coming 


William Browning Building (WBB) Webcam via Webcams - UofU ATMOS 

Nowcast: 

WOW. Cool storm that came through the valley, we got somewhere between 8-12 mm (0.3 to 0.5 inches) of snow-water-equivalent at the Mountain Meteorology (MTMET) site on campus since noon yesterday: 

Precipitation Comparison via MTMET - Precip Compare

The National Weather Service summarized snow totals in the hills between 2-7 inches via (https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSSLC&e=202403130239):

...The following are snow and rain reports from 8 am this morning to 8 pm this evening...

...SNOWFALL REPORTS...

Location                     Amount    Time/Date       Lat/Lon/Elev (ft.) 

...Wasatch Mountains South of I-80...
Alta - Collins               7.0 in    0400 PM 03/12   40.58N/111.64W       
Snowbird                     6.0 in    0340 PM 03/12   40.57N/111.65W       
Alta - Udot                  6.0 in    0423 PM 03/12   40.59N/111.64W       
Canyons Village at Park City 4.0 in    0354 PM 03/12   40.66N/111.57W       
Brighton - Crest             4.0 in    0409 PM 03/12   40.59N/111.58W       
Solitude                     3.0 in    0416 PM 03/12   40.62N/111.59W       
Sundance                     3.0 in    0433 PM 03/12   40.37N/111.58W       
Big Cottonwood - Spruces     2.0 in    0411 PM 03/12   40.64N/111.64W       
Park City Mountain           2.0 in    0421 PM 03/12   40.61N/111.54W 

Short term: 


One model output has winds shifting from the current northwest pattern into easterlies through Wednesday night into Friday morning. Temperatures will remain cool and forecast suggests minimal precipitation until the next pulse Saturday afternoon:  


 NAM forecast via: Spotwx.com


4-6" locally for the Wasatch Front through Saturday Morning, via NWS: https://www.weather.gov/slc/winter

Long term:

A closed low rotates CYCLONICALLY (CCW) (I think, https://www.weather.gov/media/zhu/ZHU_Training_Page/Miscellaneous/cyclones_anticyclones/cyclones.pdf) to the southwest of Utah. This could bring unsettled weather and precipitation, details TBD. 

Forecast loop via: https://www.pivotalweather.com


Backcountry comments:  

If you will be traveling in the backcountry make sure you have the proper equipment and know before you go. For the whole avalanche forecast and all things avalanche head over to our friends at the Utah Avalanche Center here: Utah Avalanche Center

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