Alert archive / Utah / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 17, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this winter storm warning at Dec 17, 2008, 4:41 AM MST. It took effect at Dec 17, 2008, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 26 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2008, 4:41 AM MST (11:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 17, 2008, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2008, 1:02 PM MST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS45 KSLC 171141 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 441 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...STORM APPROACHING SOUTHERN UTAH FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY... .A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST TOWARDS SOUTHWESTERN UTAH TODAY. THIS LOW WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY... BRINGING WIDESPREAD AND AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. UTZ518-171900- /O.UPG.KSLC.WS.A.0019.081217T1800Z-081219T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSLC.WS.W.0017.081217T1800Z-081219T0000Z/ SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS- 441 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT SNOW WILL REACH THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS LATE THIS MORNING... THEN TURN HEAVY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. .WITH AMOUNTS APPROACHING 24 INCHES ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND/OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ020-171900- /O.NEW.KSLC.WS.W.0017.081217T1800Z-081219T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- 441 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL VALLEYS OF UTAH. LIGHT SNOW OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL VALLEYS LATE THIS MORNING. RAIN AND SNOW WILL TURN HEAVIER AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...TURN TURN TO ALL SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL BE ELEVATION DEPENDENT. AREAS NEAR THE BORDER WITH ARIZONA WILL SEE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. THE HIGHER ELEVATION TO THE NORTH OF THE BORDER REGION WILL RECEIVE BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND/OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ021-171900- /O.NEW.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081217T2200Z-081218T2200Z/ GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- 441 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN FOR THE LAKE POWELL GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA. LIGHT RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL REACH SOUTHEAST UTAH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME PRIMARILY SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS AWAY FROM THE LAKE WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES. NEAR THE LAKE TOTALS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS... GENERALLY IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ517-171900- /O.NEW.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081217T2200Z-081219T0000Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 441 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KSLC 171731 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1031 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...STORM APPROACHING SOUTHERN UTAH FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY... .A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST TOWARDS SOUTHWESTERN UTAH TODAY. THIS LOW WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD AND AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. UTZ020-518-180130- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.081217T1800Z-081219T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS- 1031 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL VALLEYS OF UTAH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH...PARTICULARLY ACROSS ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5500 FEET. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER NEAR KANAB. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH...THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND/OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ019-180130- /O.EXB.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081217T1800Z-081218T1600Z/ UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK- 1031 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN FOR UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 3000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 3000 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND PINTURA...MOTOQUA...AND PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS UTAHS DIXIE REGION ABOVE 3000 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. AS WARMER AIR SPREADS NORTH INTO THE AREA...SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW SNOW LEVELS TO RISE ABOVE 5000 FEET OVERNIGHT AND ALLOW SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ021-180130- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081217T2200Z-081218T2200Z/ GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- 1031 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN FOR THE LAKE POWELL GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS AWAY FROM THE LAKE WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES. NEAR THE LAKE TOTALS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS...GENERALLY IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE. LIGHT RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL REACH SOUTHEAST UTAH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME PRIMARILY SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ517-180130- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081217T2200Z-081219T0000Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1031 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING... AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS45 KSLC 172317 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 417 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH... .A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD...AND AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. UTZ020-518-180730- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS- 417 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND/OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ012-013-180730- /O.EXA.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- 417 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN FOR CASTLE COUNTRY AS WELL AS THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS CASTLE COUNTRY AND THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ010-180730- /O.EXA.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- 417 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS OF UTAH. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ019-180730- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/ UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK- 417 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK ABOVE 3000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 3000 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND PINTURA...MOTOQUA...AND PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND ST GEORGE MAY PICK UP AN INCH OF SNOW...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING ACROSS UTAHS DIXIE REGION ABOVE 3000 FEET. THIS SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...HOWEVER AS WARMER AIR SPREADS NORTH INTO THE AREA...SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW SNOW LEVELS TO RISE ABOVE 5000 FEET OVERNIGHT AND ALLOW SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ021-180730- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- 417 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN FOR THE LAKE POWELL GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS AWAY FROM THE LAKE WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES. NEAR THE LAKE TOTALS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS... GENERALLY IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST UTAH...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ517-180730- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 417 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS45 KSLC 180144 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 644 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH... .A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD...AND AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. UTZ019-180945- /O.UPG.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/ /O.EXB.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/ UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK- 644 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND PINTURA...MOTOQUA...AND PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND ST GEORGE WILL SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING ACROSS UTAHS DIXIE REGION...PERSISTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS WARMER AIR SPREADS NORTH INTO THE AREA...SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ020-518-180945- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS- 644 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ012-013-021-180945- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- 644 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN FOR CASTLE COUNTRY AS WELL AS THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS CASTLE COUNTRY AND THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ010-517-180945- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 644 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS OF UTAH. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ROGOWSKI/KRUSE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS45 KSLC 180327 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 827 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH... .A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD...AND AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. UTZ019-181300- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/ UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK- 827 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND PINTURA...MOTOQUA...AND PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND ST GEORGE WILL SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS UTAHS DIXIE REGION...PERSISTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS WARMER AIR SPREADS NORTH INTO THE AREA... SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ020-518-181300- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS- 827 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ004-181300- /O.EXB.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081218T1000Z-081218T2200Z/ SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- 827 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT INCLUDING LEHI...PROVO AND NEPHI. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...JUST IN TIME TO IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ014>016-181300- /O.EXA.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH- 827 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS...WEST CENTRAL UTAH...AND SOUTHWEST UTAH...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CEDAR CITY...MILFORD...DELTA...MANTI AND RICHFIELD. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST UTAH AND THE CENTRAL UTAH VALLEYS...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL UTAH LATE THIS EVENING...INTENSIFYING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ012-013-021-181300- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- 827 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY AS WELL AS THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ010-517-181300- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 827 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS OF UTAH. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH INTO THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ROGOWSKI/KRUSE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS45 KSLC 180426 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH... .A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD...AND AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. UTZ016-181300- /O.UPG.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ /O.EXB.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ SOUTHWEST UTAH- 926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST UTAH. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ019-181300- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/ UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK- 926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND PINTURA...MOTOQUA...AND PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND ST GEORGE WILL SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS UTAHS DIXIE REGION...PERSISTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS WARMER AIR SPREADS NORTH INTO THE AREA... SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ020-518-181300- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS- 926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ012-013-021-181300- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- 926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY AS WELL AS THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ010-517-181300- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS OF UTAH. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH INTO THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY... BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ014-015-181300- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH- 926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS...WEST CENTRAL UTAH...AND SOUTHWEST UTAH...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CEDAR CITY...MILFORD...DELTA...MANTI AND RICHFIELD. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST UTAH AND THE CENTRAL UTAH VALLEYS...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL UTAH LATE THIS EVENING...INTENSIFYING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ004-181300- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081218T1000Z-081218T2200Z/ SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- 926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT INCLUDING LEHI...PROVO AND NEPHI. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... JUST IN TIME TO IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ROGOWSKI/KRUSE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS45 KSLC 180805 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH... .A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD...AND AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN...CENTRAL AND EASTERN UTAH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. UTZ020-518-181615- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS- 105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ019-181600- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/ UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK- 105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. THIS WARNING IS FOR UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND PINTURA...VEYO...AND PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND ST GEORGE WILL SEE 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS UTAHS DIXIE REGION...THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO RAIN THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY MIDDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ016-181615- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ SOUTHWEST UTAH- 105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS FOR SOUTHWEST UTAH WHERE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ008-009-181615- /O.EXA.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- 105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80 AND THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE UINTAS AND SOUTH OF SALT LAKE COUNTY IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH INTO THESE MOUNTAIN AREAS OVERNIGHT. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ006-011-181615- /O.EXA.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081218T1000Z-081218T2200Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-WESTERN UINTA BASIN- 105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN INCLUDING HEBER AND DUCHESNE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS. THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS NORTH OF I-80 WILL NOT SEE MUCH SNOW...GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS... JUST IN TIME TO IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE IN THE HEBER VALLEY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ012-013-021-181615- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- 105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY...THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL AS WELL AS THE GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA AND LAKE POWELL. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS IN THE LAKE POWELL AREA WILL RISE TO NEAR 4000 FEET BY LATE MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ010-517-181615- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS OF UTAH. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ014-015-181615- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH- 105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS AND WEST CENTRAL UTAH...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DELTA AND RICHFIELD. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL UTAH VALLEYS...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ004-181615- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081218T1000Z-081218T2200Z/ SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- 105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT INCLUDING LEHI...PROVO AND NEPHI. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... JUST IN TIME TO IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS45 KSLC 181157 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 UTZ020-518-182000- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS- 457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. A BRIEF BREAK IN THE SNOW IS OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP AGAIN AROUND SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ019-181600- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/ UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK- 457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. THIS WARNING IS FOR UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 3500 FEET BY MID MORNING...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND PINTURA...VEYO...AND PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND ST GEORGE WILL GET 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. A BRIEF BREAK IN THE SNOW IS OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP AGAIN BEFORE SUNRISE AND CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH MID MORNING. SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BELOW ABOUT 3500 FEET THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY MIDDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ016-182000- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ SOUTHWEST UTAH- 457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS FOR SOUTHWEST UTAH WHERE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A BRIEF LULL IN THE SNOW IS OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP AGAIN BEFORE SUNRISE AND CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH LATE MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ012-013-021-182000- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- 457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY...THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL AS WELL AS THE GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA AND LAKE POWELL. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ON THE SWELL. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS IN THE LAKE POWELL AREA WILL RISE TO NEAR 4000 FEET BY LATE MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ008>010-517-182000- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80...THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS...THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES AND OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND WASATCH PLATEAU. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ014-015-182000- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH- 457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS AND WEST CENTRAL UTAH...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DELTA AND RICHFIELD. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL UTAH VALLEYS...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ004-006-011-182000- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- WESTERN UINTA BASIN- 457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT... THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN INCLUDING HEBER AND DUCHESNE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS. THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS NORTH OF I-80 WILL NOT SEE MUCH SNOW...GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING...JUST IN TIME TO IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE ALONG THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND IN THE HEBER VALLEY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS45 KSLC 181610 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 UTZ016-181715- /O.CAN.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ SOUTHWEST UTAH- 909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST UTAH. SHOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN LIKELY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ UTZ019-181715- /O.EXP.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/ UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK- 909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK. SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ UTZ015-181715- /O.CAN.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ WEST CENTRAL UTAH- 909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL UTAH. SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ UTZ020-518-190000- /O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS- 909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WITH AROUND AN INCH POSSIBLE ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511 $$ UTZ012-013-021-182200- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- 909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY...THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL AS WELL AS THE GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA AND LAKE POWELL. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ON THE SWELL. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS IN THE LAKE POWELL AREA WILL RISE TO NEAR 4000 FEET BY LATE MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ008>010-517-190000- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80...THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS...THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES AND OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND WASATCH PLATEAU. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ014-182200- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS- 909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS AND WEST CENTRAL UTAH...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DELTA AND RICHFIELD. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL UTAH VALLEYS...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UTZ004-006-011-182200- /O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- WESTERN UINTA BASIN- 909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT... THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN INCLUDING HEBER AND DUCHESNE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS. THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS NORTH OF I-80 WILL NOT SEE MUCH SNOW...GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING...JUST IN TIME TO IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE ALONG THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND IN THE HEBER VALLEY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS45 KSLC 182002 WSWSLC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 102 PM MST THU DEC 18 2008 UTZ020-518-182115- /O.CAN.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS- 102 PM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ UTZ008>010-517-182115- /O.CAN.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 102 PM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80...THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS...THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS...AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ UTZ004-006-011>014-021-182115- /O.CAN.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/ SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- 102 PM MST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT...AS WELL AS MOST CENTRAL AND EASTERN VALLEYS. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 16, 8:50 PM MST, 7 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 8:50 PM MST, 7 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
850 PM MST TUE DEC 16 2008
.SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL
TURN EAST AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. THE NEXT VERY COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DIVE SOUTH
THROUGH WESTERN CANADA...REACHING UTAH BY LATE FRIDAY.
&&
.DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS AN UPPER LOW BEGINNING TO PIVOT
EAST FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF CALIFORNIA. THE NEXT VIGOROUS SYSTEM
IS DIGGING SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST CANADA. ACARS 400-250MB WIND
OBSERVATIONS SHOWS A 130-175KT JET STRETCHED NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHERN
NEVADA OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND. THE UPPER LEVEL SHEAR
AXIS WAS LOCATED FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN
MONTANA. 00Z 700MB ANALYSIS PLACED A COLD FRONT ALONG THE NORTH
CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CONUS. A WARM FRONT HAS ENTERED THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. MEANWHILE...A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW WAS IN PLACE FROM BAJA
CALIFORNIA INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION.
12Z KSLC RAOB INDICATES ABOUT 2 TO 4C OF COOLING PRIMARILY IN THE
MID LEVELS...WITH A PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE OF 0.16 OF AN INCH.
INSTABILITY SNOW SHOWERS HAVE FOR THE MOST PART DISSIPATED. A FEW
STRAGGLERS REMAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL UTAH...WHERE THE RUC IS
INDICATING A PLUME OF NEAR ZERO LIFTED INDEX VALUES. INSTABILITY
SHOULD CONTINUE TO WANE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYLIGHT AND AS
TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM ALOFT.
DEEPER MOISTURE WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH ALONG THE
UPPER LEVEL JET AXIS WITH AREAS OF STRATUS ACROSS THE NORTH. IN
BETWEEN THERE SHOULD BE AREAS OF RELATIVELY CLEAR SKIES WHICH WILL
ALLOW FOR EFFICIENT COOLING GIVEN THE SNOWPACK IN PLACE.
FORECAST LOOKS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE...NO UPDATE PLANNED AT THIS TIME.
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEXT SYSTEM...STRONG WARM ADVECTION EXPECTED TO
ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO BLOSSOM ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH LATE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 00Z NAM INDICATES OVER AN INCH
AND A HALF OF QPF IN SOUTHWEST UTAH THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE GFS
QPF BULLSEYE OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH COINCIDENT IN LOCATION.
NAM/GFS ALSO SHOW 700-500MB LAPSE RATES NEAR 7C/KM. COULD BE A FEW
LIGHTNING STRIKES BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE
COLD POOL ALOFT.
ALSO OF INTEREST...IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A CORRIDOR OF SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATION OCCURS REMOVED NORTH OF THE MAIN IMPACT
AREA...SOMEWHERE ACROSS CENTRAL OR PERHAPS NORTH CENTRAL UTAH. THE
EXACT LOCATION OF THIS CORRIDOR SHOULD HINGE ON THE UPPER LEVEL
SHEAR AXIS...WHICH WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFORMATION
PRECIPITATION. THE 18Z GFS INDICATED THIS QPF CORRIDOR...AND ITS
NOTEWORTHY THAT THE NEW 00Z NAM IS NOW STARTING TO HINT AT IT AS
WELL.
SNOW LEVELS REMAIN TRICKY WITH THIS SYSTEM. SHOULD THE COOLER
SOLUTIONS WORK OUT...THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTH OF THE WATCH AREA MAY
NEAR WARNING CRITERIA SNOWFALL. AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE HIGHER
TERRAIN WEST OF RICHFIELD...AND THE SW TO NE CORRIDOR SOMEWHERE
ACROSS CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL UTAH. WILL PASS ALONG TO THE NEXT
SHIFT TO ALLOW FOR INSPECTION OF THE REMAINDER OF 00Z GUIDANCE
BEFORE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.
A COLD TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
MOISTURE BEGINS TO INCREASE OVER FAR NORTHERN UTAH THURSDAY NIGHT IN
WARM ADVECTION. A COLD FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO ENTER NORTHERN UTAH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF UTAH FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. VORT LOBES SWINGING ACROSS UTAH...ALONG
WITH SOME DIVERGENCE ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH A JET STREAK LOCATED OVER
THE FRONT...SHOULD PROVIDE AMPLE LIFT TO GENERATE ACCUMULATING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL. A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL THEN SETTLE INTO
PLACE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH 700MB TEMPERATURES COLDER
THAN -20C OVER NORTHERN UTAH. WITH THIS TYPE OF AIRMASS...HIGH
TEMPERATURES OVER NORTHERN UTAH SATURDAY WILL LIKELY NOT BE ABLE TO
BREAK EVEN THE 20 DEGREE MARK.
MODELS HANDLE SUNDAY A BIT DIFFERENTLY. THE EC HAS STRONG WARM
ADVECTION BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT WHILE THE GFS DOES NOT HAVE THIS
BEGINNING UNTIL SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...THERE IS A 14C DIFFERENCE IN
700MB TEMPERATURE AT SLC BETWEEN THE TWO MODELS BY 00Z MONDAY. AT
THIS TIME...HAVE JUST TRENDED WITH SLIGHT TO MODERATE WARMING ACROSS
THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THE PATTERN REMAINS RATHER ACTIVE WITH ANOTHER
STORM SYSTEM IN STORE FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE SLC TERMINAL
OVERNIGHT WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.
&&
.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM THURSDAY FOR
UTZ518.
WY...NONE.
&&
PUBLIC...ROGOWSKI/CHENG
AVIATION...TRAPHAGAN
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 16, 4:34 PM MST, 12 hours 7 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 4:41 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | SLC | 32 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Utah, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.