Snow Advisory 23, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
954 AM MST TUE MAR 14 2006

.SYNOPSIS...THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM...CURRENTLY ALONG THE WEST
COAST...WILL REACH UTAH LATE TODAY. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP ACROSS UTAH TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER COLD AND
WET STORM IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TODAY AHEAD OF THE INCOMING
TROUGH. FOLLOWING THE GFS WHICH HAS GOOD RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY
FROM YESTERDAY. THAT MODEL SWEEPS THE FRONT ACROSS UTAH LATE TONIGHT
WITH A -30C COLD POOL AT H5 OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS FROM ABOUT KSLC
NORTH AT 18Z WED. NO UPDATES TO THE CURRENT PACKAGE. WILL CONSIDER
ADDING MORE ZONES TO THE SNOW ADVISORY WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE.

&&

.AVIATION...SOUTH WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 30KT WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THERE IS A
30 PERCENT CHANCE OF CEILINGS AT 5000 TO 6000 FT AFTER 3PM LOCAL
TIME THEN THESE WILL BE PREDOMINANT BY ABOUT 7 PM LOCAL. EXPECT VFR
CONDITIONS UNTIL THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES AROUND 2 OR 3AM LOCAL THEN
IFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL IN SNOW.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.UT...SNOW ADVISORY UTZ007-008 LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
      WEDNESDAY MORNING.
.WY...NONE.
&&

GIBSON/WILENSKY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1159 AM MST TUE MAR 14 2006

UTZ001>011-015-WYZ021-151400-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH
FRONT-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-
80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WEST CENTRAL UTAH-WESTERN UINTA BASIN-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
1159 AM MST TUE MAR 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN UTAH AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT

A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NEVADA LATE TODAY. SHOWERS
WELL AHEAD OF THE STORM WILL SPREAD INTO THE HIGH COUNTRY OF
NORTHERN UTAH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND FAR NORTHERN VALLEYS OVERNIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WASATCH RANGE FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS
NORTHWEST UTAH TODAY AND THIS EVENING. SEE THE LATEST WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE TUESDAY STORM WILL EXIT NORTHERN UTAH EARLY ON WEDNESDAY. THE
SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXTEND THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER
PACIFIC STORM WILL ARRIVE OVER THE GREAT BASIN THIS WEEKEND. THIS
STORM WILL BE ON THE COLD SIDE...WITH WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

UTZ012>014-016>021-151400-
CASTLE COUNTRY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-GLEN CANYON RECREATION
AREA/LAKE POWELL-HENRY MOUNTAINS-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SANPETE/SEVIER
VALLEYS-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION
NATIONAL PARK-
645 AM MST TUE MAR 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN UTAH.

.DAY ONE... TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SETTLE OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN
THIS WEEKEND. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALLS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT HIGHER VALLEYS OVER THE WEEKEND.